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In Ethiopia, the prevalence of female genital mutilation practice was 70.8% according to Ethiopian demographic and health survey 2016. This practice is against females\u2019 reproductive health rights with many serious consequences in physical, mental, social and psychological makeup. Therefore, this study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude, practice, and predictors of female genital mutilation in Degadamot district.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A community-based cross-sectional study design was conducted. Three hundred twenty-five mothers who had under 5\u00a0years old female children were selected using systematic random sampling from seven kebeles of Degadamot district. Data were collected using an adapted semi-structured face to face interview questionnaire. Data were entered into Epi-data version 3.1 and then exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Logistic regression analysis with 95% confidence intervals was carried out to determine the associations between predictor variables and outcome variables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Result<\/jats:title><jats:p>The finding of this study revealed that 56.6% of mothers had good knowledge about female genital mutilation and 54.2% of participants had a favorable attitude about female genital mutilation. 70.8% of under 5\u00a0years old female children\u2019s had female genital mutilation. Marital status AOR\u2009=\u20097.19(95%CI3.22\u201316.03), monthly income AOR\u2009=\u20091.97(95% CI 0.26\u20133.81), custom AOR\u2009=\u20092.13(95% CI 1.20\u20133.78), belief AOR =2.47(95% CI 1.39\u20134.39), value AOR\u2009=\u20090.37(95% CI 0.22\u20130.63), and attitude AOR\u2009=\u200924.4(95% CI 20.01\u201334.76) towards female genital mutilation had significant association with female genital mutilation practice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Prevalence of FGM practices among female children of under 5\u00a0years of age was found to be high as compared to the national level (64%). 56.6% of mothers had good knowledge about FGM. The majority of the women had a favorable attitude to keep FGM practice among their under 5\u00a0years old daughters. 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Besides permission warranted from the Degadamot district health bureau and again permission warranted from each respected kebeles. Since the data collected in this study was a part of medical centers registration and the mode of data collection was noninvasive verbal informed consent was obtained from each study participant before data collection. This procedure for obtaining verbal consent to participate was approved by the Institutional Research Ethics Review Committee. Confidentiality of the data was maintained by excluding their identifiers. 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