Moyale (woreda)
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For town on Ethiopian-Kenyan border, see Moyale.
Moyale is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. The population estimates of the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) include Moyale as part of the Liben Zone; however, this woreda is not shown on the OCHA map for the Somali Region.[1]
Information is not available on the towns and cities of this woreda. This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Hawiye clan of the Somali people.
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 275,620, of whom 127,867 were males and 147,753 were females. Information is not available for the area of Moyale, so its density cannot be calculated.[2]
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- ^ Map of Somali Region at UN-OCHA (PDF file)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.3. Rural population numbers are believed to be underreported for this Region.
