Limmu Sakka

Coordinates: 8°20′N 37°00′E / 8.333°N 37.000°E / 8.333; 37.000
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Limmu Sakka is one of the

Limmu-Ennarea
.

Overview

Dora Gabena, Chalte and Ato Kelala are amongst the highest points in this woreda. A survey of the land in Limmu Sakka shows that 57.3% is arable or cultivable (7.7% was under annual crops), 22.8% pasture, 4.9% forest, and the remaining 15% is considered swampy, degraded or otherwise unusable. Teff, oranges and bananas are important cash crops.[1] Coffee is also an important cash crop for this woreda; over 5,000 hectares are planted with this crop.[2]

Industry in the woreda includes 61

grain mills, one coffee pulping and one coffee hulling mill. There were 42 Farmers Associations with 24,540 members and 10 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 8691 members. Limmu Sakka has 42 kilometers of dry-weather and 64 all-weather road, for an average of road density of 43.9 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 54.6% of the urban and 10.9% of the rural population have access to drinking water.[1]

History

The Zonal Food Security and Disaster Prevention Office reported in December, 2006 that 3,466 farmer households with 15,000 members who were part of the resettlement program in Limmu Sakka and

Misraq Hararghe Zones.[3]

In June 2009, woreda officials announced that two health stations and 14 health posts various health facilities, built at a cost of over 11 million

Birr, were ready for service. These would some 35 health posts and five health stations currently in operation.[4]

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 189,463, of whom 95,869 were men and 93,594 were women; 5,185 or 2.74% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 17.87% were Protestant.[5]

Based on figures published by the

Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 169,559, of whom 86,713 are men and 82,846 are women; 6,082 or 3.59% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12.3%. With an estimated area of 2,416.10 square kilometers, Limmu Sakka has an estimated population density of 70.2 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 150.6.[6]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 122,370, of whom 60,099 were men and 62,271 women; 3,400 or 2.78% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Limmu Sakka were the

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 9.72% were Protestant.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Socio-economic profile of the DJimma (sic) 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. Walta Information Center
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  4. ^ "Health facilities readied for service in Limuseka"[permanent dead link], Ethiopian News Agency 29 June 2009 (accessed 23 July 2009)
  5. ^ 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1 Archived 2011-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
  6. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived 2006-11-23 at the Wayback Machine, Tables B.3 and B.4
  7. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, part 1 Archived 2009-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)

8°20′N 37°00′E / 8.333°N 37.000°E / 8.333; 37.000

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