Guba (woreda)

Guba (woreda)

Guba is one of the 21 woredas in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named after the former Sultanate of Gubba.

Part of the Metekel Zone, Guba is bordered by the Abay River on the south which separates it from the Asosa Zone, Sudan on the west, Dangur on the north and east, and on the southeast by the Beles River which separates it from Wenbera. Towns in Guba include Mankush. A refugee camp for displaced persons from Sudan operated in this woreda at Yarenja until all of its inhabitants were repatriated and the camp closed 28 March 2007. [ [http://www.jesref.org/news/index.php?lang=en&sid=1947 "Ethiopia: Sudanese return home but other nationals arrive"] ]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 10,851, of whom 5,305 were males and 5,546 were females; 1,255 or 11.57% of the population are urban dwellers which is greater than the Zone average of 10.7%. With an estimated area of 3,896.10 square kilometers, Guba has a population density of 2.8 people per square kilometer which is less than the Zone average of 8.57. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Tables B.3 and B.4]

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