Tembaro

Tembaro is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named after sub-group of Kambaata people. A part of the Kembata Tembaro Zone, Tembaro is bordered on the south by the Dawro Zone, on the north by the Hadiya Zone, on the west by Hadero Tunto, and on the southeast by the Wolayita Zone. Towns in Tembaro include Mudula. Tembaro was part of former Omo Sheleko woreda.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 105,573, of whom 51,334 are men and 54,239 women; 7,615 or 7.21% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 77.69% of the population reporting that belief, 14.9% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 3.36% were Catholic, 2.07% were Muslim, and 1.17% observed traditional beliefs. ^[1]

Notes

1. ↑ Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.