Dawa Chefe


Dawa Chefe is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Oromia Zone, Dawa Chefe is bordered on the south by Artuma Fursi, on the southwest by the Semien Shewa Zone, on the northwest by the Debub Wollo Zone, on the northeast by the Argobba special woreda, and on the east by Dawa Harewa. Towns in Dawa Chefe include Welede. Dawa Chefe was part of former Chefe Golana Dewerahmedo woreda. The town of Kemise is surrounded by Dawa Chefe.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia, this woreda has a total population of 133,388, of whom 66,746 are men and 66,642 women; 2,876 or 2.16% are urban inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 98.73% reporting that as their religion, while 1.1% of the population said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.