North Shewa Zone (Oromia)

North Shewa (Oromo: Shawaa Kaabaa) is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia.

Town include Ali Doro, Fiche and Gerba Guracha, Sheno.

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this Zone has a total population of 1,431,305, of whom 717,552 are men and 713,753 women; with an area of 10,322.48 square kilometers, North Shewa has a population density of 138.66.

[2] According to a May 24, 2004 World Bank memorandum, 7% of the inhabitants of North Shewa have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 55.0 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers (compared to the national average of 30 kilometers),[3] the average rural household has 1.1 hectare of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and an average of 1.14 for the Oromia Region)[4] and the equivalent of 0.8 heads of livestock.

The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 510.