Gida Kiremu
Gida Ayana and Kiremu is a
This district is characterized by undulating hills north of Dicho Ridge and by plains south of it; it was once covered by extensive forests, but as of 2005 only a few fragments remain. Rivers within the woreda include the Werabessa, Wajja, Chinia and Werabu. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 65.7% is arable or cultivable (61% was under annual crops), 22.8% pasture, 8.7% forest, and the remaining 2.8% is considered unusable. Sesame and khat are two important cash crops.[1] A third is Coffee, but less than 20 km2 is planted with this crop.[2]
Industry in the district includes 13
History
It is said to have been found in 1807 by a man named Ayane Goro. In February 2001, fighting between former drought victims from the Amhara region, who had been resettled in the East Wellega zone of the Oromia region, and Oromos in the Gida district resulted in the death of one Oromo policeman and several Amharas. Press reports indicated that there were hundreds of deaths throughout the year; however, the total number remained unknown at year's end.[3] Other reports stated that 12,000 Amhara settlers had been forced to flee due to the violence and that 500 houses were burned and 3,000 head of cattle stolen.[4]
Despite these reports, Gida was selected two years later by the
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this district of 158,635, of whom 79,878 were men and 78,757 were women; 27,115 or 17.09% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were
Based on figures published by the
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this district of 101,766, of whom 50,805 were men and 50,961 women; 12,176 or 11.96% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Gida Ayana were the
Notes
- ^ a b Socio-economic profile of the East Wellega Zone Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).
- ^ "Coffee Production" Oromia Coffee Cooperative Union website
- ^ "Ethiopia: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices", Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, US State Department (accessed 9 July 2009)
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" Archived 2011-05-28 at the Wayback Machine (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 12 February 2008)
- ^ "Resettlement 2003" Archived 2008-02-29 at the Wayback Machine, Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) (accessed 26 November 2006)
- ^ "Resettlement 2004" Archived February 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, DPPA (accessed 26 November 2006)
- ^ 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)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Tables B.3 and B.4
- ^ 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, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)