Dolobay

Dolobay (Somali: Dolobeey) is one of the woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Afder Zone, Dolobay is bordered on the south by the Provisional Administrative Line with Somalia, on the west by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from the Liben Zone, on the northwest by Cherti, on the north by Afder, and on the east by Bare. The major town in Dolobay is Weldiya.

Other rivers in Dolobay include the Mena, and the seasonal Weyib.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 84,134, of whom 47,014 are men and 37,120 women. While 7,174 or 8.53% are urban inhabitants, a further 39,072 or 46.44% are pastoralists. 99.26% of the population said they were Muslim.^[1] This woreda is primarily inhabited by the fiqi muhumed of Dir Somali's second largest tribe although the western part covers part of the homeland of the Hawiye clan.

The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 71,940, of whom 39,891 were men and 32,049 were women; 5,909 or 8.21% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Afder was the Somali people (98.76%).^[2]

Notes

1. Census 2007 Tables: Somali Region, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 3.1 and 3.4.
2. 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Tables 2.1, 2.12 (accessed 10 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.

Coordinates: 4°35′N 42°10′E / 4.583°N 42.167°E