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South Nations Nationalities & People Regional State (SNNPRS) is one among the nine regional states of Ethiopia. The total area of the region is estimated 118,000 km2. Administratively, the region is divided into 13 zones, 8 special weredas, 134 weredas and 21 city administrations.
According to 2005/06 projected data, the population size of the region is estimated 14,902,000, which is 20.4% of the country’s total population. Out of the region’s total population the number of females is 7,493,000 and that of males is 7,409,000. Urban and rural population size is 1,277,000 (9%) and 13,625,000 (91%), respectively.
In 2005/06, the school age population is 3,021,000 of which the number of males was 1,522,000 (50.4%) and that of females 1,499,000 (49.6%).
South Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Regional State
South Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR) is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia. It comprises the former Regions 7-11. Its capital is Awasa. The SNNPR borders Kenya to the south, the Ilemi Triangle (a region claimed by Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan) to the southwest, Sudan to the west, the Ethiopian region of Gambela to the north, and the Ethiopian region of Oromia to the north and east. Besides Awasa, the region's major cities and towns include Arba Minch,Bonga, Chencha, Dila, Irgalem, Mizan Teferi, Sodo, Wendo, and Worabe
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