Babille, Somali (woreda)

Babille (Somali: Babiile) is a woreda in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Fafan Zone, Babille is bordered on the west by the Oromia Region, on the north by Gursum, and on the east and south by Fiq Zone.

This district mainly compromises of the rural areas of the Babile district, which was split into two seperate district inn the Oromia and the Somali regions. It encompasses a great majority of the Babile Elephant Sanctuary, with key areas such as Dakhate being located there, as well as towns like Dendema, Obosha, Hardin, Muli, Ceel-Baxay which are also located in this district.

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 77,317, of whom 41,629 are men and 35,688 women. While 1,273 or 1.65% are urban inhabitants, a further 17,533 or 22.68% are pastoralists. 99.29% of the population said they were Muslim.^[1] This woreda is inhabited mainly by the Karanle Hawiye as well as other Hawiye sub-clans and also has a sizable minority of other Somali clans such as Geri Koombe of the Darod and the Akisho.

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 93,527, of whom 48,436 were men and 45,091 were women; the census identified no urban inhabitants. The largest ethnic group reported in Babille was the Somali people (99.97%).^[2]

9°10′N 42°45′E / 9.167°N 42.750°E / 9.167; 42.750

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