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Sodo Zuria - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 6°50′N 37°45′E / 6.833°N 37.750°E

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Sodo Zuriya Sooddo Yuushuwa Allaanaa (Wolaytta) ሶዶ ዙሪያ ወረዳ (Amharic)
Woreda

Country	Ethiopia
Region	South Ethiopia
Zone	Wolaita
Seat	Sodo
Government
• Chief Administrator	Hailesilas Biramo (Prosperity Party)
Population (2019)
• Total	200,911
• Male	98,824
• Female	102,087
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Sodo Zuria (Amharic "Greater Sodo Area") is one of the woredas in the South Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. Part of the Wolayita Zone, Sodo Zuria is bordered on the southwest by Offa, on the west by Kindo Koysha, on the northwest by Damot Sore, on the north by Boloso Sore, on the northeast by Damot Gale, on the east by Damot Weyde, on the west by Bayra Koysha and on the southeast by Humbo. Sodo city is an administrative center for Sodo Zuria woreda.

According to a 2004 report, Sodo Zuria had 22 kilometers of asphalt roads, 104 kilometers of all-weather roads and 48 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 380 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.^[1] In 2006 the Woreda Agriculture and Rural Development Office announced that they had begun development projects that included the creation or maintenance of 105 kilometers of road in 34 kebeles of Sodo Zuria woreda. This would cost 2.5 million Birr.^[2]

History

Sodo Zuria was selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2004 as one of several woredas for voluntary resettlement for farmers from overpopulated areas, becoming the new home for a total of 1268 heads of households and 5072 total family members.^[3]

The World Bank approved funding November 2007 for a project sponsored by World Vision Ethiopia to restore forest to 1,000 to 2,000 hectares in Soddo Zuria and 3,000 to 4,000 hectares in Humbo using native species, a program which would be funded with funds from carbon offset purchases.^[4]

Demographics

Based on the 2019 population projection conducted by the CSA,^[5] this woreda has a total population of 200,911, of whom 98,824 are men and 102,087 women. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 66.67% of the population reporting that belief, 26.83% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 5.28% were Catholic.^[6]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 200,866 of whom 99,979 were men and 100,887 were women; 36,287 or 18.07% of its population were urban dwellers. The five largest ethnic groups reported in Sodo Zuria were the Welayta (92.81%), the Amhara (2.6%), the Gamo (0.85%), the Dorze (0.77%), and the Silt'e (0.76%); all other ethnic groups made up 2.21% of the population. Welayta is spoken as a first language by 93.14%, 4.17% Amharic, 0.65% Gamo, and 0.58% speak Dorze; the remaining 1.46% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 52.03% of the population reporting they held that belief, while 43.06% were Protestants, 2.4% were Roman Catholic, and 1.61% were Muslim.^[7]

Notes

^ "Detailed statistics on roads" Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, SNNPR Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 15 September 2009)
^ "Office undertakes 2.5mln birr dev't works in Special Woreda in quarter year" Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Walta Information Center (last accessed 30 November 2006)
^ "Resettlement 2004" Archived 2008-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) (accessed 26 November 2006)
^ "Ethiopia - Humbo and Soddo Community-Based Natural Regeneration Project", World Bank website (accessed 3 March 2009)
^ Projected population of Ethiopia ^{[dead link‍]}
^ Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.
^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Vol. 1, part 1, Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.15, 2.19 (accessed 30 December 2008)

6°50′N 37°45′E / 6.833°N 37.750°E / 6.833; 37.750

v t e Zones and Woredas of the South Ethiopia Regional State
List of districts in the South Ethiopia Regional State
Ale Zone	Kolango (town) Kolango Zuria
Kore Zone	Gorka Kelle (town) Sarmale
Ari Zone	Bako Dawla Ari Debub Ari Gelila Jinka (town) Semen Ari Woba Ari
Basketo Zone	Laska (town) Laska Zuria
Burji Zone	Soyama (town) Soyama Zuria
Gardula Zone	Gidole (town) Dirashe Woreda
Gamo Zone	Arba Minch (town) Arba Minch Zuria Bonke Boreda Chencha Deramalo Dita Garda Marta Geressie Zuria Gacho Baba Kamba Zuria Kucha Kucha Alfa Mirab Abaya Qogota Selamber (town)
Gedeo Zone	Bule Dilla (town) Dila Zuria Gedeb Kochere Wenago Yirgachefe
Gofa Zone	Bulki (town) Demba Gofa Gada Geze Gofa Melokoza Oyda Sawla (town) Uba Debretsehay Zala
Konso Zone	Karat Zuria Kena (woreda) Karati (town) Kolme Segen Zuria
South Omo Zone	Bako Gazer Bena Tsemay Dasenech Dimeka (town) Hamer Kuraz Male Nyangatom Selamago Turmi (town)
Wolayita Zone	Abala Abaya Bayra Koysha Areka (town) Bale Hawassa (town) Boditi (town) Boloso Bombe Boloso Sore Damot Gale Damot Pulasa Damot Sore Damot Weyde Diguna Fango Gesuba (town) Gununo (town) Hobicha Humbo Kawo Koysha Kindo Didaye Kindo Koysha Offa Wolaita Sodo (city) Tebela (town) Sodo Zuria

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