Abala Abaya

District in South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia

Abala Abaya

* Abbala Abbaayaa Allaana (Wolaytta)

* አባላ አባያ ወረዳ (Amharic)

District

Abaya lake shores in Abala Abaya

Country|  Ethiopia
Region|  South Ethiopia Regional State
Zone| Wolaita
Seat| Paracho
Government

• Chief administrator| Mesfin Bergene (Prosperity Party)
Population

• Total

| 56,812

Abala Abaya is a district in Wolayita Zone of South Ethiopia Regional State. The district is composed of 16 kebele administrations, of which 13 are rural and 3 are urban. It is situated between 6°38′ N latitude and 37 ° 42′ E longitude and located at a distance of 419 km south from Addis Ababa. The district was established in 2019 from the surrounding districts.[1] Abala Abaya is bordered on the south by Lake Abaya,[2] on the west by the Humbo district, on the north by the Sodo Zuria district, on the east by Hobicha district. The administrative center of this district is Paracho Town.

## Population

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The total population of the district is about 56,812. Total households of the district are 27,627 of which 16,981 male and 10,646 female households.[3]

## Notes

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1. ^ "Abala Abaya woreda". snnprswolaitazone.gov.et. Archived from the original on 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
2. ^ "direction to Abala Abaya district". wolaitatimes.com.et. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
3. ^ Yesuph, Dessalegn Shiferaw; Bedeke, Sisay Belay; Didana, Habtamu Lemma (December 2023). "Assessing climate change-induced poverty of mixed crop-livestock smallholders in Wolaita zone". Research in Globalization. 7: 100158. doi:10.1016/j.resglo.2023.100158.

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Districts of Wolayita Zone

Current districts|

* Abala Abaya
* Areka (town)
* Bale Hawassa (town)
* Bayra Koysha
* Bedessa (town)
* Boditi (town)
* Boloso Bombe
* Boloso Sore
* Bombe (town)
* Damot Gale
* Damot Pulasa
* Damot Sore
* Damot Weyde
* Diguna Fango
* Dimtu (town)
* Gesuba (town)
* Gununo (town)
* Hobicha
* Humbo
* Kawo Koysha
* Kindo Didaye
* Kindo Koysha
* Offa
* Tebela (town)
* Shanto (town)
* Sodo Zuria
* Wolaita Sodo (regio polis city)

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