Kamashi (woreda)

Kamashi is one of the 21 woredas in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Kamashi Zone, Kamashi is bordered by the Didessa River on the northeast which separates it from Yaso, by Belo Jegonfoy in the east, by the Oromia Region on the south and west, and by Agalo Mite on the northwest.

The capital of this woreda is named Kamashi; population details of this town are not available. Ethiopia Call Ministry, an NGO, has announced that they will begin construction of a modern hospital in Kamashi, starting January 2007. Budgeted at 35 million Birr, construction of the hospital is expected to take three years. [ [http://www.waltainfo.com/EnNews/2006/Dec/07Dec06/21506.htm NGO to build 35mln birr worth hospital in Benshangul-Gumuz State] (Walta Information Center)]

Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 11,055, of whom 5,679 were males and 5,376 were females. With an estimated area of 1,622.50 square kilometers, Kamashi has a population density of 6.8 people per square kilometer which is less than the Zone average of 7.61. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table B.3] This woreda is inhabited primarily by people belonging to the Gumuz (Nilo-Saharan) and Oromo (Cushitic) communities.

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