# Sankurra

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**Sankurra** (Silt'e: ሳንኩር/Saankur) 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). Part of the [Silt'e Zone](/source/Silt'e_Zone), Sankurra is bordered on the west by the [Hadiya Zone](/source/Hadiya_Zone), on the north by [Wulbareg](/source/Wulbareg), on the northeast by [Dalocha](/source/Dalocha_(woreda)) and [Lanfro](/source/Lanfro), and on the southeast by the [Alaba special woreda](/source/Alaba_special_woreda). The administrative center is [Alem Gebeya](/source/Alem_Gebeya).

## Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, the woreda has a total population of 84,736, of whom 42,480 are men and 42,256 women; 3,656 or 4.32% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were [Muslim](/source/Islam_in_Ethiopia), with 98.12% of the population reporting that belief, while 1.38% practiced [Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity](/source/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Christianity).[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), Tables 2.1, and 3.4.

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