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memorandum, 9% of the inhabitants of Assosa have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 35.6 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers, the average rural household has 1 hectare of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and an average of 2.25 for pastoral
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in 2005, this zone has an estimated total population of 282,596, of whom 143,544 are men and 139,052 are women; 28,264 or 10% of its population are urban dwellers. With an estimated area of 14,166.12 square kilometers, Assosa has an estimated population density of 19.95 people per square kilometer.
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skillfully exploited the traditional rivalry of the three local rulers, Sheikh Ejail al-Hassan of Assosa, Sheikh Mahmud of
Khomosha and Sheikh Abd al-Rahman Al-Ejail of Bela-Shangul proper. When Ethiopia and the British administration of Sudan demarcated their common border in 1902, this finalized
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of
Ethiopia (CSA), this Zone has a total population of 310,822, of whom 158,932 are men and 151,890 women. 39,957 or 12.86% of population are urban inhabitants. A total of 72,879 households were counted in this Zone, which results in an average of 4.27 persons to a household, and 69,378 housing
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and the equivalent of 0.4 heads of livestock. 17.1% of the population is in non-farm related jobs, compared to the national average of 25% and a regional average of 28%. 72% of all eligible children are enrolled in primary school, and 13% in secondary schools. 34% of the zone is exposed to
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The 1994 national census reported a total population for this Zone of 208,155 in 47,755 households, of whom 106,017 were men and 102,138 were women; 16,420 or 7.89% of its population were urban dwellers. The five largest ethnic groups reported in the Assosa Zone were the
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436:List of districts in the Benishangul-Gumuz region
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111:(1.5%), 1.48% of the population was from
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305:Mao-Komo special woreda
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500:Agalo Mite
444:Asosa Zone
221:Tsetse fly
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205:Protestant
141:Protestant
119:(59.31%),
79:Menelik II
169:Tigrayans
123:(25.7%),
109:Tigrayans
68:same name
579:Mao-Komo
482:Sherkole
321:Archived
297:Archived
276:Archived
193:Tigrinya
185:Oromiffa
175:(1.3%).
129:Tigrinya
36:Ethiopia
563:Wenbera
558:Mandura
510:Kamashi
462:Komesha
457:Bambasi
418:of the
416:Woredas
358:34°40′E
355:10°20′N
217:malaria
189:Fadashi
181:Amharic
121:Amharic
66:of the
52:Kamashi
548:Dibate
543:Dangur
467:Kurmuk
197:Muslim
161:Amhara
157:[Berta
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101:Amhara
64:woreda
56:Assosa
28:Assosa
538:Bulen
472:Menge
452:Asosa
412:Zones
228:Notes
177:Berta
165:Oromo
125:Oromo
117:Berta
113:Sudan
105:Oromo
97:Berta
48:Sudan
584:Pawe
553:Guba
520:Yaso
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