Shilavo (
Somali Shiilabo) 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 (copyright 2003), Shilavo is bordered on the south by the
Gode Zone, on the southwest by
Debeweyin, on the north by
Kebri Dahar, and on the east by the
Werder Zone.
[1] However on the map of the Ethiopian Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (coyright 2006), Shilavo extends east to the national border with
Somalia separating the Gode Zone from Werder.
[2]The major settlement in Shilavo is Shilavo.
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 54,177, of whom 24,735 were men and 29,442 were women; 7,239 or 13.36% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 18.2%. Information is not available on the area of Shilavo, so its population density cannot be calculated.[3] This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Darod clan of the Somali people.
The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 43,356, of whom 23,954 were men and 19,402 were women; 4,853 or 11.19% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Shilavo was the Somali (99.87%).[4]
