# Meinit > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Meinit > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Meinit.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meinit > Source revision: 1299201965 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) '''Meinit''' was one of the 77 [woreda](/source/woreda)s in the [Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region](/source/Southern_Nations%2C_Nationalities%2C_and_Peoples'_Region) of [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia). Part of the [Bench Maji Zone](/source/Bench_Maji_Zone), Meinit was bordered on the south by [Dizi](/source/Dizi_(woreda)), on the west by [Sheko](/source/Sheko_(woreda)), on the north by [Bench](/source/Bench_(woreda)), on the east by the [Keficho Shekicho Zone](/source/Keficho_Shekicho_Zone), and on the southeast by the [Omo River](/source/Omo_River_(Ethiopia)) which separated it from the [Debub Omo Zone](/source/Debub_Omo_Zone). Towns in Meinit included [Bachuma](/source/Bachuma), and [Jemu](/source/Jemu). Meinit was separated for [Meinit Goldiya](/source/Meinit_Goldiya) and [Meinit Shasha](/source/Meinit_Shasha) woredas. The part of this woreda which lied within 15 kilometers of the Omo was included in the [Omo National Park](/source/Omo_National_Park). Meinit was selected by the [Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development](/source/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Rural_Development_(Ethiopia)) in 2004 as one of several woredas for voluntary resettlement for farmers from overpopulated areas, becoming the new home for a total of 6610 heads of households and 26,440 total family members.[http://www.dppc.gov.et/downloadable/map/Thematic%20maps/resettlement/Resettlement%202004.pdf "Resettlement 2004"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227155134/http://www.dppc.gov.et/downloadable/map/Thematic%20maps/resettlement/Resettlement%202004.pdf |date=2008-02-27 }}, Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) (accessed 26 November 2006) == Demographics == Based on figures published by the [Central Statistical Agency](/source/Central_Statistical_Agency_(Ethiopia)) in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 51,213, of whom 25,561 are men and 25,652 women; 5,162 or 10.08% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 9.1%. With an estimated area of 4,333.69 square kilometers, Meinit has an estimated [population density](/source/population_density) of 11.8 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 20.[http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731152750/http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm |date=July 31, 2008 }}, Tables B.3 and B.4 In the 1994 national census this woreda had a population of 35,541, of whom 17,824 were men and 17,717 women; 2,848 or 8.01% of its population were urban dwellers. The four largest ethnic groups reported in Meinit were the [Me'en](/source/Me'en_people) (87.97%), the [Bench](/source/Bench_people) (3.77%), the [Amhara](/source/Amhara_people) (3.14%), and the [Dizi](/source/Dizi_people) (3.08%); all other ethnic groups made up 2.04% of the population. [Me'en](/source/Me'en_language) was spoken as a [first language](/source/first_language) by 87.82% of the inhabitants, 5.21% spoke [Amharic](/source/Amharic_language), 3.51% spoke [Bench](/source/Bench_language), and 2.91% spoke [Dizin](/source/Dizin_language); the remaining 0.55% spoke all other primary languages reported.[http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck07%5Ck07_partI.pdf ''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region'', Vol. 1, part 1] {{webarchive |url=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 |date=November 19, 2008 }}, Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.15 (accessed 30 December 2008) Concerning [education](/source/Education_in_Ethiopia), 6.18% of the population were considered literate; 4.33% of children aged 7–12 were in primary school; 2.14% of the children aged 13–14 were in junior secondary school, and 0.69% of the inhabitants aged 15–18 were in senior secondary school.[http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck07%5Ck07_partII.pdf ''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region'', Vol. 1, part 2] {{webarchive |url=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 |date=November 19, 2008 }}, Tables 3.5, 3.7 (accessed 17 April 2009) Concerning [sanitary conditions](/source/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Ethiopia), about 48% of the urban and 5% of the total had toilet facilities.[http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck07%5Ck07_partIV.pdf ''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region'', Vol. 1, part 2] {{webarchive |url=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 |date=November 19, 2008 }}, Tables 6.3, 6.13 (accessed 17 April 2009) == Notes == {{reflist}} {{coord|6|30|N|35|45|E|display=title|type:adm3rd_region:ET}} Category:Former districts of the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Meinit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meinit) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meinit?action=history)). 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