Fiq Zone

Nogob Zone Gobolka Nogob
Map of Nogob Zone
Nogob Zone Location within Ethiopia
Coordinates: 7°45′N 42°20′E / 7.750°N 42.333°E / 7.750; 42.333
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Somali
Zone	Nogob
Population (2007)
• Total	348,409
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

Nogob (Somali: Nogob) Formerly known as Fik [1] is one of the nine Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Nogob Zone is bordered on the south by Gode, on the southwest by Afder Zone, on the west and northwest by the Oromia Region, on the north by Fafan, on the east by Jarar, and on the southeast by Korahe Zone. Erer River flows through this zone. Nogob has 9 Woredas Fik Segeg Garbo Lagahida Salehad Hamero duhun Meyumuluku Qubi and Goljano

The Swiss section of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a clinic in the Zone in December 2007 to provide medical services to local civilians affected by the local conflict between local insurgents and the Ethiopian government. However, constant administrative hurdles and intimidation towards MSF staff prevented the organization from providing an effective level of medical care, and MSF decided to withdraw from the Zone in July of the next year. "Over the six months of our intervention, our medical teams could only work for ten weeks in Fiiq town and five in the periphery of the town where the most important needs are," said Hugues Robert, head of the MSF Ethiopia program.

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this Zone has a total population of 348,409, of whom 196,604 are men and 151,805 women. While 33,930 or 9.74% are urban inhabitants, a further 193,207 or 55.45% were pastoralists. The largest ethnic group reported in Fik were the Somalis (98.81%); all other ethnic groups made up 1.19% of the population. Somali language is spoken as a first language by 98.81%; the remaining 1.19% spoke all other primary languages reported. 99.27% of the population said they were Muslim.