Weldiya (Afder)

Weldiya is a market town in eastern Ethiopia The administrative center of the Afder Zone of the Somali Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 4°20′N 42°4′E / 4.333°N 42.067°E.

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Weldiya has an estimated total population of 8822, of whom 4947 are men and 3875 are women.[1] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 5,909 of whom 3,268 were men and 2,641 women. The largest ethnic group reported in this town was the Somali (99.2%).[2] It is the largest town in Dolobay woreda.

Notes

  1. ↑ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
  2. ↑ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Tables 2.4, 2.14 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.


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