Districts of Ethiopia

These districts are further subdivided into a number of wards called kebele neighbourhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia.

[2] Although some districts can be traced back to earliest times—for example, 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)[citation needed]— many are of more recent creation.

Beginning in 2002, more authority was passed to woreda by transferring staff and budgets from the regional governments.

[citation needed] In Ethiopia, the woredas comprise three main organs: a council, an executive and a judicial.

[3] "Special woredas" are a subgroup of woredas (districts) that are organized around the traditional homelands of an ethnic minority[citation needed], and are outside the usual hierarchy of zones in their respective Region[citation needed].