Liben, Guji, Oromia

Coordinates: 5°15′N 39°30′E / 5.250°N 39.500°E / 5.250; 39.500
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For other uses of Liben, see Liben (disambiguation).

Liben is one of the

Negele Boran
was separated from Liben woreda and is separate woreda now.

Overview

The altitude woreda ranges from 1120 to 1600 meters above sea level. Rivers include the Awata. State forests include the Genale, Dawa and Hara Kalo. A 2004 survey of the land in this woreda shows that 9.68% is arable or cultivable, 88.5% pasture, 0.93%

sugar cane, banana and papaya are other important crops.[3]

Industry in the woreda includes 20

grain mills, 5 metal or wood works, and 2 brick or tube factories. There were 34 Farmers Associations and 8 Farmers Service Cooperatives. Liben has 51 kilometers of dry-weather and 198 all-weather road, for an average road density of 73 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 7.2% of the rural and 42.2% of the urban population has access to drinking water.[3]

In 1994, the

kebeles of Liben to lessen the effects of that year's drought; these activities included making improvements to traditional wells and ponds, road construction, and school maintenance.[4]

This woreda was part of the Borena Zone until it, along with four other woredas, were split off in September 2003 to create the Guji Zone.[5]

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 138,813, of whom 70,130 were men and 68,683 were women; 1,385 or 1% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they were

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[6]

Based on figures published by the

Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 163,869, of whom 80,653 were males and 83,216 were females; 44,831 or 27.36% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 11.6%. With an estimated area of 22,007.04 square kilometers, Liben has an estimated population density of 7.4 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 21.1.[7]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 111,696, of whom 56,568 were men and 55,128 women; 25,046 or 22.42% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The four largest ethnic groups reported in Liben were the

Catholic.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Map of the Oromia Region
  2. ^ Woreda administration sources, as quoted in Final Report for Aposto-Wendo-Negele (World Bank Report E1546, vol. 1) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, p. 64
  3. ^ a b Socio-economic profile of the Guji Zone Government of the Oromia Region (last accessed 4 December 2006)
  4. ^ Moyale, Dollo, Negele and Ginner Situation Report (December 6-19, 1993) UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia report, January 1994 (accessed 24 December 2008)
  5. ^ "Heavy rains in Borana and Guji Zones of Oromiya Region cause critical and potential water problems" UN-OCHA Report, June 2003 (accessed 16 January 2009) Although this source states the administrative change occurred September 2003, this is an understandable mistake because Ethiopian year starts in September.
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived November 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Tables B.3 and B.4
  8. ^ 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)

5°15′N 39°30′E / 5.250°N 39.500°E / 5.250; 39.500

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