Jimma Arjo
Jimma Arjo is an
Overview
Except for the Didessa River valley, this woreda is considered highland. Other rivers include the Chancho and Horo Rivers. Local landmarks include the Gambela Cave. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 59.8% is arable or cultivable, 9.6% pasture, 8.4% forest, and the remaining 22.2% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable.[2] Coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda, and over 50 square kilometers are planted in this crop.[3]
Industry in the woreda includes 27
This woreda was selected by the
Currently, One big industry is under construction which is aimed to produce triple products viz: sugar, ethanol, and Chipwood. This may be a good opportunity for the area as it could create vast employment opportunity. Likewise, service sector is beneficiary from this industry after its accomplishment. Arjo, has served as a capital of the area for more than 130 years. Dano Bera, the local leader (Moti) of the area had been administering the Area (Leqa Dulacha in her earlier name) making Arjo as his center. Hence, she had been among few urban center's of West Oromia. Neftenya rulers like Ras Mekonnen Demissew had also occupied and ruled the area for longer times considering the town as a strategic for war.[citation needed]
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 86,329, of whom 42,093 were men and 44,236 were women; 9,172 or 10.63% of its population are 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 66,044, of whom 31,812 were men and 34,232 women; 6,539 or 9.9% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Jimma Arjo were the
Notes
- ^ E. Cerulli, "The folk-literature of the Galla of Southern Abyssinia", Harvard African Studies 3 (1922), p. 38
- ^ 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
- ^ "Resettlement 2003" Archived 29 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) (accessed 26 November 2006)
- ^ "Resettlement 2004" Archived 27 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, DPPA (accessed 26 November 2006)
- ^ 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1 Archived 13 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived 23 November 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 15 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)