# Omo Sheleko

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{{short description|District in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia}}
'''Omo Sheleko''' was one of 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 [Kembata Alaba and Tembaro Zone](/source/Kembata_Alaba_and_Tembaro_Zone), Omo Sheleko was bordered on the south by the [Semien Omo Zone](/source/Semien_Omo_Zone), on the west by the [Omo River](/source/Omo_River_(Ethiopia)) which separates it from another part of the Semien Omo Zone, on the north by the [Hadiya Zone](/source/Hadiya_Zone), and on the east by [Kacha Bira](/source/Kacha_Bira). Towns in Omo Sheleko included [Mudula](/source/Mudula) and [Tunto](/source/Tunto). Omo Sheleko was divided for [Hadero Tunto](/source/Hadero_Tunto) and [Tembaro](/source/Tembaro) woredas.

Crop production (i.e., cereals, cash and root crops) and livestock rearing are the main livelihoods in this woreda. However they have been disrupted for some time due to a combination of lack of rain, decline in soil fertility and [population pressure](/source/population_pressure), making it extremely difficult for the inhabitants of the woreda to feed themselves. In 2003, for example, Omo Sheleko experienced drought in 26 of its 31 [kebele](/source/kebele)s, while paradoxically five kebeles were hit by a severe hailstorm on 24 May of that year.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010230055/http://ocha-eth.org/Archive/DownloadableReports/UNSOReport2%20KTandAlabaJune2003.pdf "Critical Emergency Situation in Kambaata - Tambaaro Zone and Alaba Special Woreda"]}}, UN-OCHA Report June 2003 (accessed 19 February 2009)</ref> Omo Sheleko has 40 kilometers of all-weather roads and 41 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 184 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.<ref>[http://www.snnprbofed.gov.et/Reports/Roads.xls " Detailed statistics on roads"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720151415/http://www.snnprbofed.gov.et/Reports/Roads.xls |date=2011-07-20 }}, SNNPR Bureau of Finance and Economic Development website (accessed 3 September 2009)</ref>

== 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 179,294, of whom 90,632 were males and 88,662 were females; 8,181 or 4.56% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.8%. With an estimated area of 467.35 square kilometers, Omo Sheleko has an estimated population density of 383.6 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 429.4.<ref>[http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics], Tables B.3 and B.4</ref>

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 125,986 in 23,627 households, of whom 62,327 were men and 63,659 were women; 4,515 or 3.58% of its population were urban dwellers. The five largest ethnic groups reported in Omo Sheleko were the [Tembaro](/source/Tembaro_people) (62.85%), the [Hadiya](/source/Hadiya_people) (13.05%), the [Kambaata](/source/Kambaata_people) (3.08%), the [Welayta](/source/Welayta_people) (1.81%) and the [Amhara](/source/Amhara_people) (1.03%); all other ethnic groups made up 18.18% of the population. [Tembarsa](/source/Tembaro_language) is spoken as a first language by 61.65%, 15.22% [Hadiya](/source/Hadiya_language), 6.28% [Kambaata](/source/Kambaata_language), 1.44% speak [Welayta](/source/Welayta_language), and 0.53% speak [Amharic](/source/Amharic_language); the remaining 0.53% spoke all other primary languages reported. 57.64% of the population said they were [Protestants](/source/P'ent'ay), 24.42% practiced [Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity](/source/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Christianity), 7.77% observed traditional beliefs, 3.48% were [Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholicism_in_Ethiopia), and 2.73% [Muslim](/source/Islam_in_Ethiopia).<ref>[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], Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.15, 2.19, 11.1, 11.3 (accessed 30 December 2008)</ref>

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Category:Districts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
Category:Former districts of Ethiopia

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