This is a list of the 67 woreda

Woreda

Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...

s, or districts, in the Somali Region

Somali Region

Somali Region ; is the eastern-most of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia. It is often called Somalia, though it is not to be confused with the independent country of the same name. The capital of Somali State is Jijiga...

 of Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

, compiled from material on the Central Statistical Agency

Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)

The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...

 (CSA) website.

It is unclear how many woredas actually exist in the Somali Region, since the names and number of woredas given in the CSA's documents differ between 2005 and 2007, and different maps show a variety of names and boundaries.

The subdivisions of Somali have been changed several times, often due to local clan groups claiming their own woreda, and the boundary between the Somali and Oromia Regions is disputed, leading to ambiguity over the status of border areas.

• Afder (woreda)
  Afder (woreda)
  Afder is one of the 67 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Afder Zone, Afder is bordered on the south by Dolobay, on the west by Cherti, on the north by Elekere, on the northwest by Mirab Imi, and on the east by Bare. Towns in Afder include Guda Asbo and Hargele.- History :Afder...
  
  
• Afdem (woreda)
  Afdem (woreda)
  Afdem is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Shinile Zone, this woreda is bordered on the southwest by Mieso, on the northwest and north by the Afar Region and on the east by Erer, and on the south by the Oromia Region...
  
  
• Aware (woreda)
  Aware (woreda)
  Aware is one of the 67 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Degehabur Zone, Aware is bordered on the south by the Korahe Zone, on the west by Degehabur, on the north by the Jijiga Zone, and on the east by Misraq Gashamo...
  
  
• Awbere (woreda)
  Awbere (woreda)
  Awbere , , is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Jijiga Zone, Awbere is bordered on the southwest by Jijiga, on the west and north by the Shinile Zone, on the east by Somalia, and on the southeast by Kebri Beyah...
  
  
• Ayesha (woreda)
  Ayesha (woreda)
  Ayesha is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. The northernmost woreda of the Shinile Zone, Ayesha is bordered on the south by Dembel, on the southwest by Shinile, on the west by Erer, on the north by Djibouti, on the east by Somalia, and on the southeast by the Jijiga Zone...
  
  
• Babille, Somali (woreda)
  Babille, Somali (woreda)
  Babille is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is named after one of the 12 major tribes of the Oromo people, the Babille Oromo. Part of the Jijiga Zone, Babille is bordered on the southwest by the Oromia Region, on the northwest by Gursum, on the northeast and east by...
  
  
• Bare (woreda)
  Bare (woreda)
  Bare is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Afder Zone, Bare is bordered on the south by the Provisional Administrative Line with Somalia, on the southwest by Dolobay, on the northwest by Afder, on the north by Mirab Imi, and on the east by Shebelle River which...
  
  
• Boh (woreda)
  Boh (woreda)
  Boh is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Werder Zone, Boh is located in the easternmost part of the country, at the point of the angle jutting into Somalia; on its other sides, this woreda is bordered on the southwest by Geladin, and on the northwest by Danot. The...
  
  
• Cherti (woreda)
  Cherti (woreda)
  Cherti is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Cherti. Part of the Afder Zone, Cherti is bordered on the south by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from the Liben Zone, on the west by Guradamole, on the north by Elekere, on the east by Afder,...
  
  
• Danan (woreda)
  Danan (woreda)
  Danan is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Danan. Part of the Gode Zone, Danan is bordered on the south by the Shebelle River which separates it from the Afder Zone, on the west by Gode, on the north by the Degehabur Zone, on the east by the Korahe...
  
  
• Danot (woreda)
  Danot (woreda)
  Danot is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Danot. Part of the Werder Zone, Danot is bordered on the south by Werder, on the west by the Degehabur Zone, on the north by Somalia, and on the east by Boh....
  
  
• Debeweyin
  Debeweyin
  Debeweyin is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Korahe Zone, Debeweyin is bordered on the south and west by the Gode Zone, on the north by Kebri Dahar, and on the east by Shilavo. The major town in Debeweyin is Har Ad....
  
  
• Degehabur (woreda)
  Degehabur (woreda)
  Degehabur is one of the 52 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Degehabur Zone, Degehabur is bordered on the south by the Gunagado, on the southwest by the Fiq Zone, on the northwest by Degehamedo, on the north by the Jijiga Zone, on the east by Aware, and on the southeast by the...
  
  
• Degehamedo (woreda)
  Degehamedo (woreda)
  Degehamedo is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Degehabur Zone, Degehamedo is bordered on the south and southwest by the Fiq Zone, on the northwest by the Oromia Region, on the northeast by the Jijiga Zone, and on the east by Degehabur...
  
  
• Dembel (woreda)
  Dembel (woreda)
  Dembel is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Shinile Zone, Dembel is bordered on the southwest by the Oromia Region, on the west by Dire Dawa, on the northwest by Shinile, on the northeast by Ayesha, and on the east and south by the Jijiga Zone...
  
  
• Dihun
  Dihun
  Dihun is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Fiq Zone, Dihun is bordered on the south by the Gode Zone, on the west by the Shebelle River which separates it from the Oromia Region, on the northwest by Hamero, on the northeast by Segeg, and on the east by the...
  
  
• Dolobay
  Dolobay
  Dolobay is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Afder Zone, Dolobay is bordered on the south by the Provisional Administrative Line with Somalia, on the west by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from the Liben Zone, on the northwest by Cherti, on the north by...
  
  
• Dolo Odo
  Dolo Odo
  Dolo Odo is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Liben Zone, Dolo Odo is located in the angle formed by the confluence of the Ganale Dorya with the Dawa River, and bordered to the west by Moyale, to the northwest by Liben, on the north and east by Afder Zone, and on...
  
  
• Elekere
  Elekere
  Elekere is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Afder Zone, Elekere is bordered on the south by Afder, on the southwest by Cherti, on the west by Guradamole, on the northwest by the Oromia Region, on the northeast by the Shebelle River which separates it from the...
  
  
• Erer (woreda)
  Erer (woreda)
  Erer is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Shinile Zone, available maps disagree on its exact location: according to the OCHA map for the Somali Region , Erer is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the southwest by Afdem, on the west by the Afar Region,...
  
  
• Ferfer (woreda)
  Ferfer (woreda)
  Ferfer is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Ferfer. Part of the Gode Zone, Ferfer is bordered on the west by Mustahil, on the northwest by the Korahe Zone, on the north by the Werder Zone, and on the east and south by the Provisional Administrative...
  
  
• Fiq (woreda)
  Fiq (woreda)
  Fiq is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Fiq. Part of the Fiq Zone, Fiq is bordered on the south by Hamero, on the west and north by the Oromia Region, and on the east by the Degehabur Zone; the woreda's western boundary is defined by the Erer River...
  
  

• Geladin (woreda)
  Geladin (woreda)
  Geladin is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Werder Zone, its boundaries shown by official sources vary. On the OCHA map for the Somali Region , Geladin is bordered on the south by the Gode Zone, on the west by Werder, on the northeast by Boh, and on the east by...
  
  
• Gerbo (woreda)
  Gerbo (woreda)
  Gerbo is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Gerbo. Part of the Fiq Zone, Gerbo is bounded on the southwest by Segeg, and on the north and east by the Degehabur Zone....
  
  
• Gode (woreda)
  Gode (woreda)
  Gode is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Gode. Part of the Gode Zone, available maps disagree on its exact location...
  
  
• Guradamole, Somali (woreda)
  Guradamole, Somali (woreda)
  Guradamole is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Afder Zone, Guradamole is bounded on the southwest by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from the Liben Zone, on the west and north by the Oromia Region, on the east by Elekere, and on the southeast by Cherti...
  
  
• Gursum, Somali (woreda)
  Gursum, Somali (woreda)
  Gursum is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Jijiga Zone, Gursum is bordered on the south by Babille, on the west by the Oromia Region, and on the north and east by Jijiga. The map of the Oromia Region published by Disaster Prevention and Disaster Agency shows that...
  
  
• Hamero (woreda)
  Hamero (woreda)
  Hamero is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Hamero. Part of the Fiq Zone, Hamero is bordered on the south by Dihun, on the west by the Erer and Shebelle Rivers which separate it from the Oromia Region, on the north by Fiq, on the east by the...
  
  
• Harshin (woreda)
  Harshin (woreda)
  Harshin is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. The easternmost woreda of the Jijiga Zone, Harshin is bordered on the south by the Degehabur Zone, on the west by Kebri Beyah, and on the east by Somalia...
  
  
• Jijiga (woreda)
  Jijiga (woreda)
  Jijiga is one of the 67 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Jijiga Zone, Jijiga is bordered on the south by Babille, on the southwest by Gursum, on the west by the Oromia Region, on the north by the Shinile Zone, on the northeast by Awbere and on the southeast by the Degehabur Zone...
  
  
• Kebri Beyah (woreda)
  Kebri Beyah (woreda)
  Kebri Beyah is one of the 52 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Jijiga Zone, Kebri Beyah is bordered on the south by the Degehabur Zone, on the west by the Oromia Region, on the northwest by Jijiga, on the north by Awbere, on the northeast by Somalia, and on the southeast by...
  
  
• Kebri Dahar (woreda)
  Kebri Dahar (woreda)
  Kebri Dahar is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Korahe Zone, Kebri Dar is bordered on the south by Debeweyin, on the west by the Gode Zone, on the northwest by the Degehabur Zone, on the north by Shekosh, on the east by the Werder Zone, and on the southeast by...
  
  
• Kelafo (woreda)
  Kelafo (woreda)
  Kelafo is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Gode Zone, Kelafo is bordered on the south by the Shebelle River which separates it from the Afder Zone, on the west by Danan, on the north by the Korahe Zone, and on the east by Mustahil. The major town in Kelafo is...
  
  
• Liben, Somali (woreda)
  Liben, Somali (woreda)
  Liben is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia...
  
  
• Marsin,Somali (woreda)
• Mirab Imi
  Mirab Imi
  Mirab Imi is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It is named for the historically significant village, Imi. Part of the Afder Zone, Mirab Imi is bordered on the south by Bare, on the southwest by Afder, on west by Elekere, and on the north by the Shebelle River which separates...
  
  
• Mieso, Somali (woreda)
  Mieso, Somali (woreda)
  Mieso is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Located at the westernmost point of the Shinile Zone, this woreda is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the northwest by the Afar Region, and on the east by the Afdem woreda...
  
  
• Misraq Gashamo
  Misraq Gashamo
  Misraq Gashamo is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Degehabur Zone, Misraq Gashamo is bordered on the south by the Werder Zone, on the west by Aware, and on the north and east by Somalia; it is frequently considered part of the Haud...
  
  
• Moyale, Somali (woreda)
  Moyale, Somali (woreda)
  Moyale is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Located at the extreme southwest corner of the Liben Zone, Moyale is bounded on the south by Kenya, on the west by the Oromia Region, and on the north and east by the Dawa, which separates Moyale from Liben and Dolo Odo. The...
  
  
• Mustahil (woreda)
  Mustahil (woreda)
  Mustahil is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Gode Zone, Mustahil is bordered on the south by the Shebelle River which separates it from the Afder Zone, in the west by Kelafo, on the north by the Korahe Zone, and in the east by Ferfer. The major town in this...
  
  
• Segeg (woreda)
  Segeg (woreda)
  Segeg is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Segeg. Part of the Fiq Zone, Segeg is bordered on the south by Dihun, on the northwest by Hamero, and on the northeast by Gerbo.- Demographics :...
  
  
• Shekosh (woreda)
  Shekosh (woreda)
  Shekosh is one of the 67 [woredas] in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Korahe Zone, Shekosh is bordered on the south by Kebri Dahar |Kebri Dahar, on the north by the Degehabur Zone, and on the east by the Werder Zone and on the west by the Nogob zone...
  
  
• Shilavo (woreda)
  Shilavo (woreda)
  Shilavo is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Korahe Zone, its boundaries shown by official sources vary. On the OCHA map for the Somali Region , Shilavo is bordered on the south by the Gode Zone, on the southwest by Debeweyin, on the north by Kebri Dahar, and on...
  
  
• Shinile (woreda)
  Shinile (woreda)
  Shinile is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Shinile Zone, Shinile is bordered on the south by Dire Dawa, on the west by Erer, on the north and east by Ayesha, and on the southeast by Dembel. Towns in Shinile include Adigale, Harewa, Milo, and Shinile; villages...
  
  
• Werder (woreda)
  Werder (woreda)
  Werder is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, named after its administrative center, Werder. Part of the Werder Zone, its boundaries shown by official sources vary...