Gurgura (woreda)

Gurgura is a woreda in the chartered city of Dire Dawa in Ethiopia.

[1] The woreda of Gurgura was in existence as early as Menelik's era but saw military force during the Haile Salesai rule in the 1960s, when its administrative center was at Kersa.

[2][3] Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 116,250, of whom 58,004 are men and 58,246 are women; 14,250 or 12.26% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the average for entire chartered city of 74.4.

The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 98.34% of the population reporting that as their faith, while 1.48% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.

[6] Gurgura are mentioned in the Futuh Al Habasha : Conquest of Abyssinia as source dating back as far as the 16th century as Somalis who fought alongside Ahmed Gran.