# Lanfro

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**Lanfro** 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). Until it was included into the Silte Zone, Lanfro formed part of the [Gurage Zone](/source/Gurage_Zone). Lanfro is bordered on the south by the [Alaba special woreda](/source/Alaba_special_woreda), on the southwest by [Sankurra](/source/Sankurra), on the west by [Dalocha](/source/Dalocha_(woreda)), on the north by [Silte](/source/Silte_(woreda)), and on the east by the [Oromia Region](/source/Oromia_Region). The major town in Lanfro is [Torra](/source/Torra).

## Overview

Cash crops in Lanfro include pepper, which accounts for up to 60% of the cash income for many households, and [teff](/source/Teff). Butter is also an important income source, which can account for as much as 10% of the income for poor households.[1] This woreda has 7 kilometers of all-weather roads and 3 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 19 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.[2]

## Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 116,114, of whom 58,848 are men and 57,266 women; 12,457 or 10.71% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were [Muslim](/source/Islam_in_Ethiopia), with 97.62% of the population reporting that belief, and 1.93% practiced [Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity](/source/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Christianity).[3]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 80,072 of whom 40,145 were males and 39,927 were females; 5,096 or 6.36% of its population were urban dwellers. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Lanfro were the Silte (89.92%), the [Alaba](/source/Alaba_people) (7.1%), and the [Amhara](/source/Amhara_people) (1.46%); all other ethnic groups made up 1.52% of the population. [Silte](/source/Silte_language) was spoken as a first language by 89.98%, 7.05% [Alaba](/source/Alaba_language), and 1.82% spoke [Amharic](/source/Amharic_language); the remaining 1.15% spoke all other primary languages reported. 97.57% of the population said they were [Muslim](/source/Islam_in_Ethiopia), and 2.32% practiced [Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity](/source/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Christianity).[4] Concerning [education](/source/Education_in_Ethiopia), 10.41% of the population were considered literate, which is less than the Zone average of 20.62%.[5] Concerning [sanitary conditions](/source/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Ethiopia), 64.65% of the urban houses and 9.81% of all houses had access to safe drinking water at the time of the census; 27.93% of the urban and 4.11% of all houses had toilet facilities.[6]

## Notes

1. ["Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia Livelihood Profiles: January 2006"](http://www.fews.net/livelihood/et/Baseline.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110723130716/http://www.fews.net/livelihood/et/Baseline.pdf) 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, USAID/FEWSNET, p. 20 (accessed 11 January 2011)

1. [" Detailed statistics on roads"](http://www.snnprbofed.gov.et/Reports/Roads.xls) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110720151415/http://www.snnprbofed.gov.et/Reports/Roads.xls) 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, SNNPR Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 3 September 2009)

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) 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.

1. [*1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region*, Vol. 1, part 1](http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck07%5Ck07_partI.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081119232405/http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck07%5Ck07_partI.pdf) 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.15, 2.19 (accessed 30 December 2008)

1. [*1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia*, Vol. 1, part 2](http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck07%5Ck07_partII.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081119202355/http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck07%5Ck07_partII.pdf) 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Table 3.7 (accessed 30 December 2008)

1. [*1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia*, Vol. 1, part 4](http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck07%5Ck07_partIV.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081119193032/http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck07%5Ck07_partIV.pdf) 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 6.11, 6.13 (accessed 30 December 2008)

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