Sagure

Sagure is a town in south-eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2568 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Digeluna Tijo, woreda.
Based on figures from the Central [Statistical Agency |Central Statistical Agency] in 2005, Sagure has an estimated total population of 9960 of whom 4597 were males and 5363 were females. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 5,582 of whom 2,493 were males and 3,089 were females.
Records at the Nordic Africa Institute website include the results of a survey performed by members of the Chilalo [Agricultural Development Union]. In April 1967 they reported that Sagure had about 400 households with a little more than 1,300 settled inhabitants, but there could be 8,000 visitors on the market day. Of individuals older than 10, about 50% of the males and 10% of the females could read and write; one quarter of the family heads had attended school at some period. The inhabitants were about 50% Oromo and 30% Amhara, of whom only 10% did not belong to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.