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Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR; (アムハラ語:የደቡብ ብሔር ብሔረሰቦችና ህዝቦች ክልል)) is one of the nine ethnic divisions (''kililoch'') of Ethiopia. It was formed from the merger of the former Regions 7-11 following the 1994 elections.〔Terrence Lyons, ("Closing the Transition: The May 1995 Elections in Ethiopia", ''Journal of Modern African Studies'' ), 34 (1996), p. 135〕 Its capital is Awasa. The SNNPR borders Kenya to the south (including a small part of Lake Turkana), the Ilemi Triangle (a region claimed by Kenya and South Sudan) to the southwest, South Sudan to the west, the Ethiopian region of Gambela to the northwest, and the Ethiopian region of Oromia to the north and east. Besides Awasa, the region's major cities and towns include Arba Minch, Bonga, Chencha, Dila, Irgalem, Mizan Teferi, Soddo, Wendo, and Worabe. ==Demographics== Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), the SNNPR has an estimated total population of 14,929,548, of whom 7,425,918 were men and 7,503,630 women. 13,433,991 or 89.98% of the population are estimated to be rural inhabitants, while 1,495,557 or 10.02% are urban; this makes the SNNPR Ethiopia's most rural region. With an estimated area of 105,887.18 square kilometers, this region has an estimated density of 141 people per square kilometer. For the entire region 3,110,995 households were counted, which results in an average for the Region of 4.8 persons to a household, with urban households having on average 3.9 and rural households 4.9 people.〔("Census 2007 Tables: SNNP Region" )〕 In the previous census, conducted in 1994, the region's population was reported to be 10,377,028 of whom 5,161,787 were men and 5,215,241 were women. At the time of the census, the rural population of the Region accounted for 93.2% of the total population. Semien Omo, Sidama, and Gurage were the three zones with the highest population. The population is concentrated mostly in eastern, northern and central part of the SNNPR while the western and southern part of the Region is sparsely populated. The SNNPR Water Resources Bureau announced that as of the fiscal year ending in 2006, they had increased the area of the Region that had access to drinkable water to 54% from 10-15% 15 years ago.〔(Potable water expansion works underway with over 60mln birr in SNNP State ), Walta Information Center (WIC)〕 In August 2008, the head of public relations for the Bureau, Abdulkerim Nesru, announced that 94 million Birr had been spent to further increase the availability of drinkable water in the Region from 58% in the previous year to 63.6%. Priority was given to certain Zones, such as Sidama, Welayta and Gurage, as well as the Alaba special woreda and several resettlement areas.〔("SNNP State builds, repairs water facilities with over 94 mln birr" ), WIC (accessed 2 March 2009)〕 Values for other reported common indicators of the standard of living for the SNNPR include the following: 10.7% of the inhabitants fall into the lowest wealth quintile; adult literacy for men is 57% and for women 22.4%; and the Regional infant mortality rate is 85 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, which is greater than the nationwide average of 77; at least half of these deaths occurred in the infants’ first month of life.〔Macro International Inc. ("2008. Ethiopia Atlas of Key Demographic and Health Indicators, 2005." (Calverton: Macro International, 2008) ), pp. 2, 3, 10 (accessed 28 January 2009)〕 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「Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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