Shilavo (woreda)

Part of the Korahe Zone Shilavo is bordered on the southwest by the Gode Zone, on the west by Debeweyin, on the northwest by Kebri Dahar, on the northeast by the Werder Zone, and on the southeast by Somalia.

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 107,590, of whom 67,376 are men and 34,214 women.

[1] 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%).

One of the famous people from Shilavo are Halays Mohamed Adde, Muse Awil and Ugas Yasin/ref> This article about a location in the Somali Region of Ethiopia is a stub.