Guji (Oromo:Godina Gujii) is azone inOromia Region ofEthiopia. Guji is named after a tribe of theOromo people. Guji is bordered on the south byBorena, on the west by theSouthern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, on the north by theGanale Dorya River which separates it fromBale and on the east by theSomali Region. The highest point in this zone isMount Dara Tiniro. Cities and major towns in this Zone include its administrative center, Nagele, Shakiso Bore, Adola Woyu.
The Guji Zone was created in September 2002, when the upland woredas of theBorena Zone were split apart to create it.[1]
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by theCentral Statistical Agency of Ethiopia, this zone has a total population of 1,389,800, of whom 702,580 are men and 687,220 women; with an area of 18,577.05 square kilometers, Guji has a population density of 74.81. While 129,852 or 14.31% are urban inhabitants, a further 5,315 or 0.38% are pastoralists. A total of 269,440 households were counted in this Zone, which results in an average of 5.16 persons to a household, and 258,540 housing units. The four largest ethnic groups reported in Guji were theOromo (78.57%), theGedeo (14.33%), theAmhara (2.59%) and theSomali (1.59%); all other ethnic groups made up 2.92% of the population.Oromo was spoken as a first language by 77.91%, 14.16% spokeGedeo, 4.31% spokeAmharic and 1.61% spokeSomali; the remaining 2.01% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants professedProtestantism, with 56.14% of the population having reported they practiced that belief, while 14,8% of the population wereMuslim, 11.32% of the population said they held traditional beliefs, 7.49% professedEthiopian Orthodox Christianity and 2.12% wereCatholic.[2]
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