Babille (Somali: Babiile) is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is named after one of the 12 major tribes of the Oromo people, the Babille Oromo. Part of the Jijiga Zone, Babille is bordered on the southwest by the Oromia Region, on the northwest by Gursum, on the northeast and east by Jijiga, and on the southeast by Kebri Beyah. Information is not available on the towns of this woreda.
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 114,207, of whom 56,325 are men and 57,882 are women. Information is not available on the area of Babille, so its density cannot be calculated.[1] This woreda is inhabited by the Karanle Hawiye clan of the Somali people, as well as the Babille Oromo.
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 93,527, of whom 48,436 were men and 45,091 were women; the census identified no urban inhabitants. The largest ethnic group reported in Babille was the Somali people (99.97%).[2]
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