Kedida Gamela

Kedida Gamela is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Kembata Alaba and Tembaro (KAT) Zone, Kedida Gamela is bordered on the south by an exclave of the Hadiya Zone, on the southwest by Kacha Bira, on the west by Angacha, on the north by the Hadiya Zone, and on the east by the Bilate River which separates it from Alaba. The admnistrative center for the KAT is Durame; other towns in Kedida Gamela include Damboya.

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

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 202,926, of whom 101,032 were males and 101,894 were females; 20,100 or 9.91% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 8.8%. With an estimated area of 351.25 square kilometers, Kedida Gamela has an estimated population density of 577.7 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 429.40. [ [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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