Diguna Fango

Diguna Fango is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Wolayita Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Diguna Fango is bordered on the southwest by Damot Weyde, on the west by Damot Gale, on the north by the Hadiya Zone, on the northeast by the Oromia Region, and on the east by Bilate river, which separates it from Sidama Region. The administrative center of the woreda is Bitena Town; the other major towns in the woreda include Dimtu, Kercheche, and Edo. Diguna Fango was separated from Damot Weyde woreda in 1999 E. C.

Diguna Fango
  • ድጉና ፋንጎ ወረዳ (Amharic)
Woreda
Country Ethiopia
Region Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
ZoneWolaita
Established1999 E.C.
SeatBitena
Government
 • Chief administratorTemesgen Dansa (Prosperity Party)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total122,924
 • Male
60,326
 • Female
62,924

Demographics

Based on the 2017 population projection conducted by the CSA,[1] this woreda has a total population of 122,924, of whom 60,326 are men and 62,924 women; 3,404 or 3.53% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 84.43% of the population reporting that belief, 8.97% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 5.57% were Roman Catholic.[2]

Notes
  1. "population projection of woreda" (PDF). www.statsethiopia.gov.et.
  2. Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.

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