Mirab Imi ("West Imi") is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is named for the historically significant village, Imi. Part of the Afder Zone, Mirab Imi is bordered on the south by Bare, on the southwest by Afder, on west by Elekere, and on the north by the Shebelle River which separates it from the Gode Zone. The major town in Mirab Imi is Gudelcha.
The average elevation in this woreda is 459 meters above sea level.[1] As of 2008[update], Mirab Imi has no all-weather gravel road nor any community roads; about 14.2% of the total population has access to drinking water.[2]
The Shebelle River burst its banks in November 2008, and affected 17 kebeles in Mirab Imi, damaging crops on 3,200 hectares of farmland.[3]
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 47,518, of whom 22,666 are men and 24,852 are women; 1,785 or 3.76% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.6%. Information is not available for the area of Mirab Imi, so its population density cannot be calculated.[4] This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Hawiye clan of the Somali people.
The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 38,675, of whom 20,627 were men and 18,048 were women; 1,197 or 3.1% of its population were urban dwellers. (This total also includes an estimate for the inhabitants of 3 rural kebeles, which were not counted; they were estimated to have 3,436 inhabitants, of whom 1,847 were men and 1,589 women.) The two largest ethnic groups reported in Mirab Imi were the Somali people (96.53%) and the Oromo (3.3%).[5]
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