Goro Bekeksa

Goro Bekeksa is one of the woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Afder Zone, Goro Bekeksa is bounded on the south by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from the Liben Zone, on the west by Guradamole, on the north by the Oromia Region, on the northeast by Elekere, and on the southeast by Cherti.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 51,271, of whom 29,370 are men and 21,901 women. While 4,107 or 8.01% are urban inhabitants, a further 32,652 or 63.69% are pastoralists. 99.3% of the population said they were MuslimThis woreda is primarily inhabited by the (Gurre and Dawed )Dir clans of the Somali .[1]

Notes

1. Census 2007 Tables: Somali Region Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.4, 3.1 and 3.4.