Jijiga Zone
| Jijiga Zone Gobolka Jigjiga |
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 Jijiga Zone
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| Coordinates: 9°15′N 43°00′E / 9.25°N 43°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Somali |
| Zone | Jijiga |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Jijiga (Somali: Jigjiga) is one of nine zones of the Ethiopian Somali Region. This zone is named after its largest city, Jijiga. Other towns and cities in this zone include Qarbibayax, Dhurwaale Awbere, Derwonaji, tuli gulled and Hart Sheik. Jijiga is bordered on the south by Degehabur, on the west by the Oromia Region, on the north by Shinile and on the east by Somalia.
Jijiga is facing a crisis in deforestation due to charcoal production which "requires burning trees that will take decades to grow back, if they ever do."[1]
[edit] Demographics
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Jijiga has an estimated total population of 1,034,823, of whom 534,147 are men and 500,676 are women; 232,441 or 22.5% of its population are urban dwellers. Density figures for this zone are not available.[2]
The 1997 national census reported a total population for this Zone of 813,200 in 138,679 households, of whom 425,581 were men and 387,619 were women; 155,891 or 19.17% of its population were urban dwellers. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Jijiga were the Somali (87.51%), the Oromo (7.49%), and the Amhara (2.13%); all other ethnic groups made up the remaining 2.87% of the population. Somali was spoken by 90.23% of the inhabitants, 6.68% Oromiffa, and 2.81% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.28% spoke all other primary languages reported. Only 61,293 or 7.54% were literate.[3]
According to a May 24, 2004 World Bank memorandum, 7% of the inhabitants of Jijiga have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 30.5 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers, the average rural household has 1.3 hectares of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectares of land and an average of 2.25 for pastoral regions)[4] and the equivalent of 1.0 head of livestock. 28.2% of the population is in non-farm related jobs, compared to the national average of 25% and a regional average of 28%. 21% of all eligible children are enrolled in primary school, and 9% in secondary schools. 74% of the zone is exposed to malaria, and none to Tsetse fly. The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 386.[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ CHF International, Grassroots Conflict Assessment in the Somali Region (Aug. 2006), p. 19 (accessed 12 December 2008)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Table B.3. Rural population numbers are believed to be underreported for this Region.
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Somali Region, Vol. 1 Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.13, 2.15 (accessed 12 January 2009). The results of the 1994 census in the Somali Region were not satisfactory, so the census was repeated in 1997.
- ^ Comparative national and regional figures comes from the World Bank publication, Klaus Deininger et al. "Tenure Security and Land Related Investment", WP-2991 (accessed 23 March 2006). This publication defines Benishangul-Gumaz, Afar and Somali as "pastoral Regions"
- ^ World Bank, Four Ethiopias: A Regional Characterization (accessed 23 March 2006).
Coordinates: 9°15′N 43°00′E / 9.25°N 43°E
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