Leemo (also spelledLemo) is one of theworedas in theCentral Ethiopia Regional State ofEthiopia. The relationship of the name of this woreda to that of themedieval kingdom in theGibe region is unclear. A part of theHadiya Zone, Limo is bordered on the south by theKembata Tembaro Zone, on the southwest byDuna andSoro, on the west byGomibora, on the northwest byMisha, on the northeast byAna Lemo, and on the southeast byShashogo. Towns in Lemo includeBelesa andLisana. The town ofHosaena is surrounded by Limo. Parts of Limo woreda were separated to create Ana Lemo, Hosaena,Mirab Azernet Berbere andMisraq Azernet Berbere woredas.
Limo has 67 kilometers of all-weather roads and 56 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 123 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.[1]
During the2000 general elections, when voters at the polling station in Naborkebele protestedEthiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front cadres, kebele officials and evenNational Election Board of Ethiopia officials coercing voters to vote for the ruling party over theHadiya National Democratic Organization, "the officials and cadres became nervous and the police were ordered to shoot into the crowd of protesting voters. People panicked and ran away, but left on the ground were two dead women and several injured."[2]
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 118,594, of whom 58,666 are men and 59,928 women; 2,049 or 1.73% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants wereProtestants, with 74.07% of the population reporting that belief, 12.37% wereMuslim, 7.2% practicedEthiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 6.14% wereCatholic.[3]
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 287,430 of whom 143,587 were males and 143,843 were females; 8,743 or 3.04% of its population were urban dwellers. The five largest ethnic groups reported in Konteb were theHadiya (62.13%), theSilte (30.3%), theAmhara (3.05%), theKambaata (2.67%), and theSebat Bet Gurage (0.45%); all other ethnic groups made up 3.4% of the population.Hadiya is spoken as a first language by 57.81%, 31.35%Silte, 6.63% spokeAmharic and 3.36% spokeKambaata; the remaining 0.85% spoke all other primary languages reported. 58.52% of the population said they wereMuslim, 22.09% embracedProtestants, 18.36% wereEthiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 0.45%Catholic.[4] Concerningeducation, 30.97% of the population were considered literate, which is less than the Zone average of 33.01%.[5] Concerningsanitary conditions, 68.48% of the urban houses and 21.33% of all houses had access to safe drinking water at the time of the census; 48.52% of the urban and 5.71% of all houses had toilet facilities.[6]
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