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woredas over drought-diminished grazing resources. As a result, the traditional division of work was ignored: women no longer tended livestock and men guarded their herds with weapons. Pastoral groups from this zone concentrated in the Awash lowlands, which forced pastoral groups from Hari Rasu to
481:, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.14, 3.1, 3.6. Although the Afar Region was surveyed in 1994 at the same time as the other Regions of Ethiopia, the results were found to be unsatisfactory and a second census of this region was performed 22 July 1996 and its results replaced the earlier work.
346:. Of the school-age school-age children, 7.35% (8.22% male and 6.29% female) were currently attending school, which is higher than the Regional average; 19.84% of the total population over the age of 10 (22.75% male and 16.33% female) are reported to be literate.
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Ethiopia (CSA), this zone has a total population of 198,751, of whom 108,995 are men and 89,756 women. While 54,328 or 27.33% are urban inhabitants, a further 24,075 or 12.11% were pastoralists. The seven largest ethnic groups reported in Gabi Rasu were the
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The Awash River flows through the south and western parts of this zone, periodically flooding during the June-to-September rainy season. During 1996, the river flooded parts of
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were affected. The Awash flooded again 16 August 2006, displacing 15,000 people and damaging 400 hectares (1.5 sq mi) planted in
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by (1.51%). The remaining 3.27% spoke all other primary languages reported. 81.3% of the population said they were
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382:Tadesse Berhe and Yonas Adaye,
245:move west and compete with the
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47:Gabi Rasu location in Ethiopia
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102:36/km (92/sq mi)
610:Kilbet Rasu (Zone 2)
99: • Density
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711:Fantí Rasu (Zone 4)
316:Orthodox Christians
749:Hari Rasu (Zone 5)
668:Gabi Rasu (Zone 3)
550:Awsi Rasu (Zone 1)
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405:UNDP Report
320:Protestants
298:by 22.25%,
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840:Categories
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302:by 5.42%,
238:Ittu Oromo
236:, and the
192:Melka Were
86:Population
330:, 10.43%
141:Awsi Rasu
137:Hari Rasu
109:Gabi Rasu
26:Gabi Rasu
757:Dalifage
475:Archived
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368:Archived
338:, 3.82%
334:, 6.43%
304:Wolaytta
288:Kambaata
125:Ethiopia
57:Ethiopia
813:40°30′E
793:Argobba
777:Telalak
696:Dulecha
676:Amibara
628:Berhale
575:Asayita
524:of the
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344:Welayta
336:Argobba
300:Argobba
296:Amharic
276:Wolayta
272:Argobba
247:Argobba
204:Dulecha
200:Amibara
196:kebeles
170:History
164:Germama
119:in the
115:, is a
94:234,427
53:Country
810:10°0′N
729:Gulina
701:Gewane
653:Megale
648:Koneba
643:Erebti
638:Dallol
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590:Elidar
580:Chifra
563:Afambo
558:Ada'ar
332:Amhara
312:Muslim
284:Hadiya
268:Amhara
234:Somali
229:, the
220:sesame
216:onions
208:cotton
180:Gewane
156:Gewane
63:Region
618:Abala
600:Mille
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518:Zones
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308:Oromo
280:Oromo
160:Awash
152:Awash
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595:Kori
520:and
328:Afar
264:Afar
231:Issa
227:Afar
218:and
212:corn
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