Diguna Fango

Woreda in South Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Diguna Fango Duguna Panggo Allaanaa (Wolaytta) ድጉና ፋንጎ ወረዳ (Amharic)
Woreda

Country	Ethiopia
Region	South Ethiopia
Zone	Wolaita
Established	1998 E.C.
Seat	Bitena
Government
• Chief administrator	Temesgen Dansa (Prosperity Party)
Population (2019)
• Total	122,924
• Male	60,326
• Female	62,924

Diguna Fango is one of the woredas in the South Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. It is a Part of the Wolayita Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Diguna Fango is bordered on the southwest by Damot Weyde, on the west by Damot Gale, on the north by the Hadiya Zone, on the northeast by the Oromia Region, and on the east by Bilate river, which separates it from Sidama Region. The administrative center of the woreda is Bitena Town; the other major towns in the woreda include Dimtu, Kercheche, and Edo. Diguna Fango was separated from Damot Weyde woreda in 1998 E. C.

Demographics

Based on the 2017 population projection conducted by the CSA,^[1] this woreda has a total population of 122,924, of whom 60,326 are men and 62,924 women; 3,404 or 3.53% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 84.43% of the population reporting that belief, 8.97% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 5.57% were Roman Catholic.^[2]

Notes

^ "population projection of woreda" (PDF). www.statsethiopia.gov.et.
^ Census 2007 Tables: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, and 3.4.