Seka Chekorsa
Seka Chekorsa (also transliterated Seqqa Chekorsa) is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Jimma Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 07°35′N 36°33′E / 7.583°N 36.550°E. It is the administrative center of Seka Chekorsa woreda.
Seka Chekorsa holds its weekly market on Sundays.[1]
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Seka Chekorsa has an estimated total population of 7,284 of whom 3,544 were males and 3,740 were females.[2] The 1994 national census reported a total population for this town of 4,076, of whom 1,922 were men and 2,154 women. The five largest ethnic groups reported in Seka Chekorsa were the Oromo (63.27%), the Amhara (15.8%), the Kafficho (5.37%), the Kullo (5.32%), and the Yem (4.44%); all other ethnic groups made up 5.8% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 59.89%, 32.19% spoke Amharic, 2.72% spoke Kafa, 2.01% spoke Kullo, and 1.72% spoke Yemsa; the remaining 1.47% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 53.46% of the population having reported they practiced that belief, while 41.66% of the inhabitants said they professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 2.01% were Protestant.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived 2011-05-28 at the Wayback Machine (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 7 July 2009)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.4
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, part 1, Tables 2.5, 2.14, 2.17, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)
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