Kamashi Zone

Kamashi is one of the three Zones in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia. It covers part of the southern bank of the Abay and the valley of the Didessa Rivers. The Zone is bordered on the south and east by the Oromia Region, on the west by the Asosa and Sudan, and on the north by Metekel and the Amhara Region, which lie on the further bank of the Abay.

Rivers in Kamashi include the Didessa.

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this Zone has a total population of 101,543, of whom 52,284 are men and 49,259 women. 14,894 or 14.67% of population are urban inhabitants. A total of 21,404 households were counted in this Zone, which results in an average of 4.74 persons to a household, and 20,698 housing units. The four largest ethnic groups reported in the Kamashi Zone were the Gumuz (60.56%), the Oromo (24.61%), the Amhara (11.11%), and the Berta (2.83%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.89% of the population. Main languages are the Gumuz (59.67%), Oromo (25.54%), Amharic (11.25%), and the Berta (2.8%). The majority of the inhabitants were Protestant, with 56.24% of the population reporting that they held that belief, while 28.87% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 6.87% were Muslim, 6.06% practiced traditional beliefs, and 1.35% were Catholic.

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