Korahe Zone

Korahe Zone
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Map of Korahe Zone
Korahe Zone
Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates:
Country Ethiopia
Region Somali
Zone Korahe
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)

Korahe (Somali: Qorahey) is one of nine Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Korahe is bordered on the south and west by Gode, on the north by Degehabur, and on the east by Werder. The largest city in Korahe is Kebri Dahar.

The gas fields of Calub and Hilala lie in this Zone, making local petrochemical extraction a potentially important industry.

Demographics

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Korahe has an estimated total population of 305,266, of whom 171,467 are men and 133,799 are women; 55,537 or 18.2% of its population are urban dwellers. Information is not available for the area of this zone, so its population density cannot be calculated.[1]

The 1997 national census reported a total population for this Zone of 242,276 in 28,891 households, of whom 138,200 were men and 104,076 were women; 37,226 or 15.37% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Korahe was the Somali (98.75%); a similar proportion spoke Somali (99.13%) as their primary language. Only 14,256 or 5.88% were literate.[2]

According to a May 24, 2004 World Bank memorandum, 2% of the inhabitants of Korahe have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 6.1 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers, the average rural household has 0.7 hectare of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and an average of 2.25 for pastoral Regions)[3] and the equivalent of 2.4 heads of livestock. 28.2% of the population is in non-farm related jobs, compared to the national average of 25% and an average of 28% for pastoral Regions. 18% of all eligible children are enrolled in primary school, and 4% in secondary schools. 100% of the zone is exposed to malaria, and none to Tsetse fly. The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 761.[4]

Agriculture

On 5-23 November 2003, the CSA conducted the first ever national agricultural census, of which the livestock census was an important component.[5] For the Somali Region, the CSA generated estimated figures for the livestock population (cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and equids) and their distribution by commissioning an aerial survey. For the Korahe Zone, their results included:

Animal Estimated total number per sqk.
cattle 26,301 0.8
sheep 362,778 32.7 (including goats)
goats 690,891 32.7 (including sheep)
camels 115,498 4.7
asses 2,504 0.1 (all equids)
mules 14 0.1 (all equids)
horses 0

Notes

  1. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.3. Rural population numbers are believed to be underreported for this Region.
  2. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Tables 2.1, 2.13 (accessed 12 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.
  3. ^ Comparative national and regional figures comes from the World Bank publication, Klaus Deininger et al. "Tenure Security and Land Related Investment", WP-2991 (accessed 23 March 2006) This publication defines Benishangul-Gumaz, Afar and Somali as "pastoral Regions".
  4. ^ World Bank, Four Ethiopias: A Regional Characterization (accessed 23 March 2006).
  5. ^ "Livestock aerial survey in the Somali Region", CSA (November 2003), Tables 4, 6 (accessed 17 May 2009)
Zones of the Somali Region
Afder Zone ·  Degehabur Zone ·  Fiq Zone ·  Gode Zone ·  Jijiga Zone ·  Korahe Zone ·  Liben Zone ·  Shinile Zone ·  Werder Zone
Woredas of the Korahe Zone