Horo Guduru Welega Zone

Horo Guduru Welega is one of the zones of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia. It is named after the former province of Welega, whose eastern part lay in the area Horo Guduru Welega now occupies. Horo Guduru Welega was formed of woredas which included to East Welega Zone.

The seat of the zonal administration cabinet is in Shambu town. Shambu is a seat for Horro Woreda and Shambu town woreda in addition to the zonal service.

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this zone has a total population of 570,040, of whom 285,515 are men and 284,525 women. 64,739 or 11.36% of the population are urban inhabitants. A total of 121,136 households were counted in this zone, which results in an average of 4.71 persons to a household and 112,403 housing units.

The two largest ethnic groups reported in Horo Gudru Welega were the Oromo (86.12%) and the Amhara (13.34%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.54% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 85.95% and 13.59% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.46% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 42.99% of the population having reported they practiced that belief, while 38.47% of the population professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 8.91% observed Waaqeffataa [traditional beliefs] and 8.61% of the population were Muslim.

Abay Chomen is on the eastern part of the zone. Today this district is sub-divided into 22 Farmer Associations. Finca’a is the capital town of the district, about 47 km from the zonal capital Shambu and 280 km from capital town of Oromia called Finfinne. Fincha’a as an administrative center was established in 1960 E.C when the construction of hydropower dam started.

Abe Dongoro is in the west part of zone. Tulu wayu is the capital town of this district, about 265 km from the zonal capital Shambu and 448 km from the capital town of Oromia called Finfinne.

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