Buno Bedele (also Buno Bedelle; Oromo : Buunoo Beddellee ) is one of the zones of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia . Located in western Oromia, Buno Bedele is bordered on the south by Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region , on the west by the Ilu Aba Bora Zone , on the north by the East Wollega Zone and West Wollega Zone and on the east by the Jimma Zone . Its administrative center is Bedele .
6-739: The Buno Bedele was created by 9 districts and 1 town in March 2016. The Zone covers 5,856.5030 square kilometres of which 1,126.64 square kilometres are covered by forests. Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia , this Zone has a total population 829,663. This article about a location in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Districts of Ethiopia Districts of Ethiopia , also called woredas ( Amharic : ወረዳ ; Oromo : Aanaa woreda ), are
12-434: A council whose members are directly elected to represent each kebele in the district. There are about 670 rural districts and about 100 urban districts. Terminology varies, with some people considering the urban units to be woreda , while others consider only the rural units to be woreda , referring to the others as urban or city administrations. Although some districts can be traced back to earliest times—for example,
18-584: The Yem special woreda , the Gera and Gomma woreda which preserve the boundaries of kingdoms that were absorbed into Ethiopia, and the Mam Midrina Lalo Midir woreda of a historic province of Ethiopia (in this case, two of the districts of Menz ) — many are of more recent creation. Beginning in 2002, more authority was passed to woreda by transferring staff and budgets from the regional governments. In Ethiopia,
24-456: The district administrator, deputy administrator, and the head of the main sectoral executive offices found in the district, which are ultimately accountable to the district administrator and district council. The quasi-judicial tasks belong to the Security and Justice administration. In addition to woredas, city administrations are considered at the same level as the woredas. A city administration has
30-552: The third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after zones and the regional states . These districts are further subdivided into a number of wards called kebele neighbourhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia. Districts are typically collected together into zones , which form a region ; districts which are not part of a zone are designated Special Districts and function as autonomous entities . Districts are governed by
36-400: The woredas comprise three main organs: a council, an executive and a judicial. The Woreda Council is the highest government organ of the district, which is made up of directly elected representatives from each kebele in the woredas. The representative of the people in each kebele is accountable to their electorate. The woreda chief administration is the district's executive organ that encompasses
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