Regions of Ethiopia

Regions and chartered cities of Ethiopia
Also known as:
States
Category Federal state
Location Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Created 1992
Number 9 Regions
2 Chartered Cities (as of 2004)
Government Region government
Subdivisions District (woreda)
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Ethiopia is a federal state subdivided into ethno-linguistically based regional states (plural: kililoch; singular: kilil) and chartered cities (plural: astedader akababiwach; singular: astedader akabibi). This system of administrative regions replaced the provinces of Ethiopia in 1992 under the Transitional Government of Ethiopia and was formalised in 1995 when the current Constitution of Ethiopia came into force.

The regions are each governed by a regional council whose members are directly elected to represent districts (woreda). Each council has a president, who is elected by the council. The regions also have an executive committee, whose members are selected by the president from among the councilors and approved by the council. Each region has a sector bureau, which implements the council mandate and reports to the executive committee.[1]

There are currently nine regional states and two chartered cities, the latter being the country's capital Addis Ababa, and Dire Dawa, which was chartered in 2004. Being based on ethnicity and language, rather than physical geography or history, the regions vary enormously in area and population, the most notable example being the Harari Region, which has a smaller area and population than either of the chartered cities. When they were originally established in 1992, there was a larger number of regions, but five regions were merged to form the multi-ethnic Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region later in 1992, following the first elections of regional councils on 21 June 1992.[2]

The word "kilil" more specifically means "reservation" or "protected area".[3] The ethnic basis of the regions and choice of the word "kilil" has drawn fierce criticism from those in opposition to the ruling party who have drawn comparisons to the bantustans of apartheid South Africa.[4]

List of regions and city administrations

The nine regions and two city administrations
Map Flag Name Population[5] Area (km2)[6] Density (km2) Capital
1 Addis Ababa (city) 3,273,000[7] 526.99 5,198.49 –
2 Afar Region 1,723,000[7] 72,052.78 19.58 Semera
3 Amhara Region 20,401,000[7] 154,708.96 111.28 Bahir Dar
4 Benishangul-Gumuz Region 1,005,000[7] 50,698.68 13.23 Asosa
5 Dire Dawa (city) 440,000[7] 1,558.61 219.32 –
6 Gambela Region 409,000[7] 29,782.82 10.31 Gambela
7 Harari Region 232,000[7] 333.94 549.03 Harar
8 Oromia Region 33,692,000[7] 284,537.84 95.45 Addis Ababa[8]
9 Somali Region 5,453,000[7] 279,252 (est.) 15.90 Jijiga
10 Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region 18,276,000[7] 105,476[7] 142.06 Hawassa
11 Tigray Region 5,056,000[7] 84,722[7] 104.19 Mek'ele

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yilmaz, Serdar; Venugopal, Varsha (2008). Local Government Discretion and Accountability in Ethiopia (PDF). Working Paper 08-38. International Studies Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Lyons, Terrence (1996). "Closing the Transition: The May 1995 Elections in Ethiopia". Journal of Modern African Studies. 34 (1): 135. doi:10.1017/S0022278X00055233.
  3. ↑ Amharic Dictionary. www.amharicdictionary.com. 2012-12-19. https://amharicdictionary.com/index.aspx?EnglishText=&SearchEnglish=Search&AmharicText=%E1%8A%AD%E1%88%8D%E1%88%8D. Accessed: 2012-12-19. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6D1nxuCvk)
  4. ↑ Demaret, Luc (29 October 2002). "'They knew I would rather die than give up the fight': Interview with Taye Woldesmiate (Ethiopia)". International Labour Organization. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2012. 'Since 1993, the education system has been substantially decentralised, with responsibility passing to the provincial authorities.' ... as Taye Woldesmiate went on to point out, the government 'decided to use education policy to promote its own political agenda, meaning its ethnic policy to divide the country'. At the time, teachers denounced this shift. 'The regime created apartheid-type Bantustan states called "killils", or homelands. Citizens are confined within their "killils" never to seek education or jobs outside their homeland', they said.
  5. ↑ Census 2007 Tables
  6. ↑ 2011 National Statistics
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Ethiopia". City Population.
  8. ↑ "The Oromia National Regional State". Government of Ethiopia. 2012. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
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