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Moyale is one of the woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Located at the extreme southwest corner of the Liben Zone, Moyale is bounded on the south by Kenya, on the west by the Oromia Region, on the north by Udet, and on the northeast by the Dawa, which separates Moyale from Filtu. The southernmost point of this woreda is the southernmost point of Ethiopia. Towns in this woreda include Chelago. The elevations of this woreda range from about 500 meters along the Dawa to 1500 meters above sea level. According to the woreda administrator in 1994, Ibrahim Abdi, the ecological classification of the woreda is 10% mid-highland and 90% lowland. The total farming area in Moyale is 6,649 hectares, and the average land holding capacity is 2 hectares. The major crops planted are maize, teff and navy beans. The farm lands are suitable for sorghum, but it had not been planted as of the end of 1993.〔(Moyale, Dollo, Negele and Ginner Situation Report (December 6-19, 1993) ) UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia report, January 1994 (accessed 24 December 2008)〕 Moyale is located at the frontier between the traditional territories of the Somali and Oromo peoples living in the southwestern part of Ethiopia. Accordingly, local groups of both Somali and Oromo nationalities have a vested interest in the control of the relatively rich pastoral resources in the district and therefore have been in conflict over its control. During the mid-1990s there were a number of neutral missions launched by the central government to mediate this conflict.〔(Socio-economic conditions of the population in Liben zone, Ethiopian Somali National Regional State ) UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia report, February 1996 (accessed 10 January 2009)〕 One attempt to resolve the dispute between the two Regions was the October, 2004 referendum held in about 420 kebeles in 12 woredas across five zones of the Somali Region. According to the official results of the referendum, about 80% of the disputed areas have fallen under Oromia administration, though there were numerous allegations of voting irregularities in many of them.〔("Somali-Oromo border referendum of December 2004" ), Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre website (accessed 11 February 2009)〕 == Demographics == Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 254,137, of whom 138,790 are men and 115,347 women. While none of total population are urban inhabitants, 101,126 or 39.79% are pastoralists. 99.4% of the population said they were Muslim.〔(Census 2007 Tables: Somali Region ), Tables 2.1, 2.4, 3.1 and 3.4.〕 The majority of the inhabitants of this woreda belong to the Garre, Degodia and Hawadle clans of the Somali people, although a sizable minority belong to the Gabbra, a small nomadic group with cultural similarities to the Borena Oromo.〔(Socio-economic conditions of the population in Liben zone, Ethiopian Somali National Regional State ) UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia report, January 1994 (accessed 26 December 2008)〕 The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 226,004, of whom 123,641 were men and 102,363 were women; none of its inhabitants were urban inhabitants. The largest ethnic group reported in Moyale was the Somali 225,946 (99.9%).〔(''The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region'', vol.1 ), Tables 2.3 and 2.13. The 1994 Ethiopian National Census was delayed in the Somali Region until September 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「Moyale, Somali (woreda)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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