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Fiq (Somali: [Fiiq] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Fiq. Part of the Fiq Zone, Fiq is bordered on the south by Hamero, on the west and north by the Oromia Region, and on the east by the Degehabur Zone; the woreda's western boundary is defined by the Erer River. The map of the Oromia Region published by the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (2006)[1] varies from the one from UN-OCHO (2003)[2] by showing territories along its western and northern boundaires occupied by Lagahida and Mayumuluka woredas.

The average elevation in this woreda is 1035 meters above sea level.[3] As of 2008, Ayesha has 40 kilometers of all-weather gravel road and 451 kilometers of community roads; about 9.11% of the total population has access to drinking water.[4]

Demographics

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 141,300, of whom 64,765 are men and 76,535 are women; 12,911 or 9.14% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 11.6%. Information is not available on the area of Fiq, so its population density cannot be calculated.[5] This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Darod clan of the Somali people.

The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 113,961, of whom 62,824 were men and 51,137 were women; 8,656 or 7.6% 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 1,225 inhabitants, of whom 676 were men and 549 women.) The largest ethnic group reported in Fiq was the Somali (99.84%).[6]

Notes

  1. Map of Somali Region at DPPA (PDF file)
  2. Map of Somali Region at UN-OCHA (PDF file)
  3. Hailu Ejara Kene, Baseline Survey of 55 Weredas of PCDP Phase II, Part I (Addis Ababa: August 2008), Annex 1 (accessed 23 March 2009)
  4. Hailu Ejara Kene, Baseline Survey, Annexes 16, 17
  5. CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4. Rural population numbers are believed to be underreported for this Region.
  6. 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Tables 2.1, 2.2, 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.

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