Gimbi (woreda)
Gimbi is a
Coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda. Over 5,000 hectares are planted with this crop.[1] Iron and phosphate deposits are known to be located in the neighborhood of Bikilal, a village 18 to 20 kilometers north of Gimbi, but have not yet been commercially developed.[2]
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported this woreda's population at 74,623 in 14,925 households, of whom 36,708 were men and 37,915 women; none of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants observed
Based on figures published by the
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 100,705 in 14,532 households, of whom 49,312 were men and 51,393 were women; 22,448 or 22.29% of its population were urban dwellers. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Gimbi were the
Notes
- ^ "Coffee Production" Oromia Coffee Cooperative Union website
- ^ Economic Mineral Potential[permanent dead link], Geological Survey of Ethiopia Web Page (accessed 26 January 2009)
- ^ 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, 2.12, 2.16, 2.20, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)