Administrative Zone 4 (since May 2006 known as Fantena Rasu) is one of five Zones of the Afar Region of Ethiopia. This zone is bordered on the south and east by Administrative Zone 1, on the west by the Amhara Region, and on the north by Administrative Zone 2. The administrative center of the Zone is Kelewina; the largest town is Dibina.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this zone has an estimated total population of 156,997, of whom 85,656 are men and 71,341 are women; 2,563 or 1.6% of its population are urban dwellers. Information is not available for the area of this Zone, so the population density cannot be calculated.[1]
The 1996 national census reported a total population for this Zone of 126,455, of whom 70,747 were men and 55,708 women; 1,747 or 1.4% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The major ethnic groupings in 1996 were 99.55% Afar, and 0.34% Amhara. Of the school-age school-age children, 1.06% (1.49% male and 0.51% female) were currently attending school, which is lower than the Regional average; 2.20% of the total population over the age of 10 (3.48% male and 0.55% female) are reported to be literate.[2]
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