Limo (woreda)

Limo (also spelled Lemo) is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. The relationship of the name of this woreda to that of the medieval kingdom in the Gibe region is unclear.

A part of the Hadiya Zone, Limo is bordered on the south and southeast by the Kembata Alaba and Tembaro Zone, on the southwest by Soro, the west by Konteb, and on the north by the Gurage Zone; most of its eastern boundary is defined by the course of the Bilate River. Towns in Lemo include Belesa, Bonosha, Do'isha, Duna, Fonko, Hosaena, and Lisana.

This woreda covers part of the homeland of the Hadiya people.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 438,023, of whom 222,758 were males and 215,265 were females; 74,568 or 17.02% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 8.1%. With an estimated area of 1,002.03 square kilometers, Limo has an estimated population density of 437.1 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 378.7. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Tables B.3 and B.4]

Kebeles

In 1998 Ethiopian Calendar, Aan Lemo Woreda has been formed leaving the parent Lemo woreda to have the following 35 woredas:
*Kalisha
*Ambicho Godie
*Tachignaw Ambicho
*Belleisa Kenema
*Ana Belleisa
*Semein Belleisa
*Debub Belleisa
*Omoshora 1
*Omoshora 2
*Sedama Marduncho
*Mesena Bako
*Jewie
*Digiba
*Bukuna Checheyencho
*Layignaw Gana
*Ashe Kubaega
*Gora Tume
*Bobicho
*Alela
*Kidigisa
*Masbira
*Lembuda
*Dubancho
*Shurmo Wit-Bira
*Shurmo Dacho
*Dijo Demala
*Layignaw Kode Duna
*Tachignaw Kode Duna
*Lisana Sena
*Lisana Kusa
*Lisana Kenema
*Ajo Taisa
*Shecha Roma
*Lereba Roma
*Haise

See also

* Aan Lemo Woreda

Notes