Angacha is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Kembata Tembaro Zone, Angacha is bordered on the south by Kacha Bira, on the west and north by the Hadiya Zone, and on the east by Kedida Gamela. Towns in Angacha include Angacha and Deyogena.
Angacha has 77 kilometers of all-weather roads and 45 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 381 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.[1]
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 221,019, of whom 110,121 were men and 110,898 were women; 13,054 or 5.91% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.8%. With an estimated area of 364.07 square kilometers, Angacha has an estimated population density of 607.1 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 429.4.[2]
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 154,837 of whom 77,735 were men and 77,102 were women; 7,205 or 4.65% of its population were urban dwellers. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Angacha were the Kambaata (94.71%), the Hadiya (4.1%) and the Amhara (0.68%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.51% of the population. Kambaata is spoken as a first language by 94.43%, 4.15% speak Hadiya, and 1.2% speak Amharic; the remaining 0.22% spoke all other primary languages reported. 74.32% of the population said they were Protestants, 12.72% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 9.87% were Catholic, and 1.75% were Muslim.[3]