Mirab Imi
West Imi | |
|---|---|
  West Imi Location within Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates: 6°27′N 42°08′E / 6.450°N 42.133°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Somali |
| Zone | Afder |
| Elevation | 442 m (1,450 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 48,104 |
| • Urban | 7,897 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
West Imi (Somali: Iimeey Galbeed) is one of the Districts of Afder Zone in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is named for the historically significant village, Imi. Part of the Afder Zone, West Imi is bordered on the south by [Elekere, on the west by Raytu district Oromia Region, on the north by the Nogob Zone, and on the northeast by the Shebelle River which separates it from the Shabelle Zone.The major village in Mirab Imi is BUULAA and jiiq and Gabriile and kiliwey it is settled by the ree Abakor ( the largest clan of gaadsan .
The average elevation in this woreda is 459 meters above sea level.[1] As of 2008[update], West Imi has no all-weather gravel road nor any community roads; about 14.2% of the total population has access to drinking water.[2]
The Shebelle River burst its banks in November 2008, and affected 17 kebeles in West Imi, damaging crops on 3,200 hectares of farmland.[3]
Demographics[edit]
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 48,104, of whom 27,067 are men and 21,037 women. While 7,897 or 16.42% are urban inhabitants, a further 10,811 or 22.47% are pastoralists. 98.72% of the population said they were Muslim, This woreda is mainly inhabited karanle hawiye of Somali . [4]
The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 48,675, of whom 20,627 were men and 18,048 were women; 1,197 or 3.1% of its population were urban dwellers. (This total also includes an estimate for the inhabitants of 32 rural villages, which were not counted; they were estimated to have 3,436 inhabitants, of whom 1,847 were men and 1,589 women.)
Notes[edit]
- ^ Hailu Ejara Kene, Baseline Survey of 55 Weredas of PCDP Phase II, Part I Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine (Addis Ababa: August 2008), Annex 1 (accessed 23 March 2009)
- ^ Hailu Ejara Kene, Baseline Survey, Annexes 16, 17
- ^ "Ethiopia: Thousands displaced by floods in Somali region", IRIN (last accessed 8 December 2008)
- ^ Census 2007 Tables: Somali Region Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 3.1 and 3.4.
