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{{Short description|Administrative division of Ethiopia}}
'''Abay Chomen''' is one of the [[Districts of Ethiopia|woreda]]s in the [[Oromia Region]] of [[Ethiopia]]. Part of the [[Horo Gudru Welega Zone]], Abay Chomen is bordered on the south by [[Lake Finicha'a]] (created when [[Finicha'a Dam]] flooded the [[Chomen swamp]]), on the southwest by [[Jimma Horo, East Welega|Jimma Horo]], on the northwest by [[Amuru Jarte]], on the north by the [[Abay River]] which separates it from the [[Amhara Region]], and on the east and south by [[Guduru (woreda)|Guduru]]. The woreda capital is [[Finicha'a]]; other towns in Abay Chomen include [[Finicha'a Camp]].

== Overview ==
The altitude of this woreda ranges from 880 to 2,400 meters above sea level. Rivers within the woreda include the [[Nedi River|Nedi]], Finchawa, Agemsa, Korke, Gogoldas, Boyi, and Bedessa Rivers. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 11.4% is arable or cultivable, 2.2% is pasture, 1.4% is forest, and the remaining 83.8% is considered mountainous, unusable, or part of the Finicha'a Sugar Project. [[Niger seed]] is an important local cash crop.<ref name=Oromia>[http://oromiagov.org/Socio%20Economic%20Profile/East%20Wellega/East%20Wellega.pdf ''Socio-economic profile of the East Wellega Zone''] Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).</ref>

Industry in the woreda includes 17 [[grain mill]]s, 10 oil mills, one bakery, and a sugar factory in Finicha'a. There were 4 Farmers Associations with 3119 members and 4 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 2287 members. Abay Chomen has 69.5 kilometers of all-weather road, for an average road density of 87.8 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 70% of the urban and 12% of the rural population has access to [[water supply and sanitation in Ethiopia|drinking water]].<ref name=Oromia/>

== Demographics ==
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 48,316, of whom 24,972 were men and 23,344 were women; 9,440 or 19.54% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were [[P'ent'ay|Protestants]], with 59.73% reporting that as their religion, while 31.84% observed [[Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity]], 5.5% observed traditional beliefs, and 1.61% were [[Islam in Ethiopia|Moslem]].<ref>[http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=272&format=raw&Itemid=521 ''2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113202722/http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=272&format=raw&Itemid=521 |date=2011-11-13 }}, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)</ref>

Based on figures published by the [[Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)|Central Statistical Agency]] in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 50,564, of whom 25,017 are men and 25,547 are women; 20,749 or 41.04% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 13.9%. With an estimated area of 791.26 square kilometers, Abay Chomen has an estimated population density of 63.9 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 81.4.<ref>[http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731152750/http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm |date=2008-07-31 }}, Tables B.3 and B.4</ref>

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 33,303, of whom 16,727 were men and 16,576 women; 11,600 or 34.83% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Abay Chomen were the [[Oromo people|Oromo]] (86.79%) and the [[Amhara people|Amhara]] (11.5%); all other ethnic groups comprise 7.2% of the population. [[Oromo language|Oromiffa]] was spoken as a first language by 86.39%, and 12.82% spoke [[Amharic language|Amharic]]; the remaining 0.79% spoke all other primary languages reported. The plurality of the inhabitants practiced traditional beliefs, with 46.04% of the population reporting they observed them, while 40.33% of the population said they were [[Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity]], 10.8% were [[P'ent'ay|Protestant]], and 2.02% were [[Islam in Ethiopia|Moslem]].<ref>[http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck04%5Ck04_partI.pdf ''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1, part 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115040247/http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%201994/survey0/data/docs%5Creport%5CStatistical_Report%5Ck04%5Ck04_partI.pdf |date=2009-11-15 }}, Tables 2.1, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)</ref>

== Notes ==
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Abay Chomen - Revision history

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