- Aware (woreda)
Aware is one of the 47
woreda s in theSomali Region ofEthiopia . Part of theDegehabur Zone , Aware is bordered on the south by theKorahe Zone , on the west by Degehabur, on the north by theJijiga Zone , and on the east byMisraq Gashamo . The map of the Oromia Region published by Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (2006) [ [http://www.dppc.gov.et/downloadable/map/administrative/Atlas_Somali.pdf Map of Somali Region at DPPA] (PDF file)] varies from the one from UN-OCHO (2003) [ [http://www.ocha-eth.org/Maps/downloadables/SOMALI.pdf Map of Somali Region at UN-OCHA] (PDF file)] by showing the southern half of its territory is occupied by Gunagoda woreda.Towns in Aware include
Aboker , Aware,Daror , andRabaso .Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 132,149, of whom 61,685 were males and 70,464 were females; 33,582 or 25.41% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 22.3%. Information is not available on the area of Aware, so its density cannot be calculated. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Tables B.3 and B.4. Rural population numbers are believed to be underreported for this Region.] This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Ogaden clan of the
Darood .Notes
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