|
Jijiga ((ソマリ語:''Jigjiga'')) is one of the woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Jijiga Zone, Jijiga is bordered on the south by Kebri Beyah, on the southwest by Gursum, on the southeast by Ajersagora, on the north by the Shinile Zone, and on the northeast by Awbere. Towns and cities in Jijiga include Jijiga. The average elevation in this woreda is 1803 meters above sea level.〔Hailu Ejara Kene, (''Baseline Survey of 55 Weredas of PCDP Phase II, Part I'' ) (Addis Ababa: August 2008), Annex 1 (accessed 23 March 2009)〕 The only perennial rivers in this woreda are the Fafen and the Jerer. , Jijiga has 80 kilometers of asphalt road and 60 kilometers of all-weather gravel road; about 34.1% of the total population has access to drinking water.〔Hailu Ejara Kene, ''Baseline Survey'', Annexes 16, 17〕 The Karamara hills to the west of the city of Jijiga were thoroughly mined during the Ogaden War, and there are still dangerous areas which have been marked off limits.〔("Local History in Ethiopia" ) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 31 May 2008)〕 Prior to the 2004 October referendum, which established the disputed boundary between the Oromia and Somali Regions, a large section in the north of this woreda became the Chinaksen woreda, which was transferred to the Oromia Region.〔("Pastoral and Agro Pastoral Livelihood baseline profile - Oromiya (7 Weredas)" ), Pastoral Community Development Project (2004), p. 45〕 == Demographics == Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 277,560, of whom 149,292 are men and 128,268 women. While 125,876 or 45.35% are urban inhabitants, a further 6,956 or 2.51% are pastoralists. 91.41% of the population said they were Muslim, and 6.97% were Orthodox Christian.〔(Census 2007 Tables: Somali Region ), Tables 2.1, 2.4, 3.1 and 3.4.〕 This woreda is primarily inhabited by the geri and small number of Bartire, (). Most population in jig jiga are geri and new camers (ogaden poeple ) The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 269,096, of whom 138,483 were men and 130,613 were women; 73,548 or 27.33% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Jijiga was the Somali 138,483 (99.9%).〔(''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1'' ) Tables 2.1, 2.12 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jijiga (woreda)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|