# Ezha

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**Ezha** is one of the [woredas](/source/Districts_of_Ethiopia) in the [Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region](/source/Southern_Nations,_Nationalities,_and_Peoples'_Region) of [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia). This woreda is named after the sub-group of the [Sebat Bet](/source/Sebat_Bet_Gurage_language) [Gurage](/source/Gurage_people), the Ezha. Part of the [Gurage Zone](/source/Gurage_Zone), Ezha is bordered on the south by [Gumer](/source/Gumer), on the west by [Cheha](/source/Cheha), on the north by [Kebena](/source/Kebena) and [Muhor Na Aklil](/source/Muhor_Na_Aklil), and on the southeast by [Silt'e Zone](/source/Silt'e_Zone) and Meskan. The major town in Ezha is [Agenna](/source/Agenda,_Ethiopia). It was part of the former Ezhana Wolene woreda.

## Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 784,905, of whom 340,261 are men and 444,644 women; 50% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants practiced [Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity](/source/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Christianity), with 65.61% of the population reporting that belief, while 31.47% were [Muslim](/source/Islam_in_Ethiopia), and 2.35% were P'ent'ay (Protestants).[1]

## Notes

1. [Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region](http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=273&format=raw&Itemid=521) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121113220306/http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=273&format=raw&Itemid=521) November 13, 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.

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