Prevalence and Causes of Malnutrition

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Prevalence and Causes of Malnutrition See all items with this value

Description

Ethiopia has an area of 1 098 000 km² and a total population of 53 123 253 (CSA,1998). The country is subdivided into administrative regions, one of them being Region13 or Harari National Regional State (HNRS) with the regional capital of Harar.HNRS was founded in 1994/1995 (Bekri, 1999). It has an area of 304.5 km² (MoA,1999) and is divided into 3 urban Highers with 19 Kebeles (urban administrativedistricts) and 17 rural Peasant Associations (PAs, rural administrative district). Higherone consists of Kebele 1-7 and it is mainly inhabited by Harari. Higher 2 includesKebele 14-19 and Higher 3 Kebele 8-13 respectively. Both are inhabited by a mix ofethnicities (Ayele, 1999). The altitude of the area ranges from 1300 to 2200 m abovesea level (Appendix 9.3) (MoA, 1999).

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2017-02-15

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2000 See all items with this value

Author

Evelyn Back See all items with this value

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