| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
ETH
|
| Continent |
Africa
|
| Country Name |
Ethiopia
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
3
|
| Leve1 Type |
Region
|
Level2 Type
|
Zone
|
| Level3 Type |
Wereda
|
| Number of Units |
523
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
119
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
1994
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
47,102
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
54,911
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
62,370
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
47,509
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
55,385
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
62,908
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
1,123,714
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
46
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
407
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
2,890,947
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,036
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
20,296
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
207
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
588
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
1
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
22
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
4,500
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
2,795,904
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,008
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
35,863
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
7,423,638
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
0%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
12%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
16%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
31
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
170
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
3
|
| Other |
3
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: 1994 data downloaded from the United Nations Development Programme Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (UNDP-EUE) databases: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/eue_web/pop_des.htm . |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Boundary data were provided by Patrick Gordon, Mine Information Advisor, UNDP Mine Action Advisory Team. |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: AFCities, Data provided by Uwe Deichman at the World Bank; City Population, http://www.citypopulation.de; THE 1994 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF ETHIOPIA, Census Bureau; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: AFCities, Columbia Gazetteer, NIMA, Times Atlas of the World, 1, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Localities with 2,000 inhabitants or more. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: "Population for ?Dire Dawa Town? was added to ?Gurgura Wereda? as the town population from the census is within this unit; ?Mekele Wereda? was relabeled in the census data from Region 1, Zone 4, Wereda 9 to Region 1, Zone 5, Wereda 1 to match spatial data; For the two regions that had no census data, population for the units was estimated based on input data used in GPW version 2 for the years 1984-86. Several units in these regions did not match spatially. The new and old units were intersected and population was allocated proportionally to the new areas. 1994 population data were extrapolated to target years using growth rates derived from United Nations national level estimates and projections." |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: ?Komesha Wereda? was manually split from ?Asosa Wereda? based on the map from: http://www.telecom.net.et/~undp-eue/reports/Benish96.jpg . |
