Berbere (woreda)

Coordinates: 6°40′N 40°10′E / 6.667°N 40.167°E / 6.667; 40.167
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Berbere is a

Sinanana Dinsho, on the northeast by Goro, and on the east by Guradamole; the Mena River separates it from Shinanana Dinsho and Goro. The administrative center of the woreda is Haro Dumal
.

Overview

This woreda is characterized by undulating highlands in the north and lowlands in the south.

Ganale Dorya River. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 20.5% is arable (4.3% was under cultivation), 36.4% pasture, 41.7% forest or heavy vegetation cover, and the remaining 1.4% is considered swampy, degraded or otherwise unusable. Khat, peppers, fruits and vegetables are important cash crops.[1] Coffee is also an important cash crop; over 5,000 hectares are planted with it.[2]

At the time of the Oromia Regional report, there was no industry in this woreda. There were 12 Farmers Associations with 4491 members but no Farmers Service Cooperatives. As of 1997[update], a rural road was under construction to connect Berbere with the neighboring Goro woreda. About 3.7% of the total population has access to drinking water.[1]

This woreda was selected by the

Gaserana Gololcha and Meda Welabu, Berbere became the new home for a total of 5219 heads of households and 19,758 family members.[3]

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 90,642, of whom 46,445 were men and 44,197 were women; 5,650 or 6.23% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they were

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[4]

Based on figures published by the

Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 53,547, of whom 26,696 are men and 26,851 are women; 2,104 or 3.93% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 13.5%. With an estimated area of 1,348.28 square kilometers, Berbere has an estimated population density of 39.7 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 27.[5]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 38,617, of whom 19,454 were men and 19,163 women; 1,174 or 3.04% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Berbere were the

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Socio-economic profile of the Bale Zone Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).
  2. ^ "Coffee Production" Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Oromia Coffee Cooperative Union website
  3. ^ "Resettlement 2003" Archived 2008-02-29 at the Wayback Machine, Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) (accessed 26 November 2006)
  4. ^ 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1 Archived November 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
  5. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Tables B.3 and B.4
  6. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, part 1 Archived November 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.7, 2.12, 2.15, 2.17 (accessed 6 April 2009).

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