Administrative Zone 5 (known since May 2006 as Hari Rasu) is one of five Zones of the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Stretching along the eastern base of the Ethiopian highlands, this Zone is bordered on the south and east by Administrative Zone 3, on the west by the Amhara Region, and on the north by Administrative Zone 1. Information is lacking on the towns of this Zone.
This Zone covers most of the area governed by the former Sultanate of Dewe.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this zone has an estimated total population of 349,918, of whom 199,290 are men and 150,628 are women. Information is not available for the area of this Zone, so its population density cannot be calculated.[1]
The 1996 national census reported a total population for this Zone of 282,960, of whom 165,221 were men and 117,739 women; none of its population were reported to be urban dwellers at the time. The major ethnic groupings in 1996 were 99.42% Afar, and 0.24% Amhara. Of the school-age school-age children, 0.26% (0.45% male and 0.00% female) were currently attending school, which is lower than the Regional average; 0.90% of the total population over the age of 10 (1.36% male and 0.26% female) are reported to be literate.[2]
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