Meda Welabu

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Coordinates: 5°45′N 39°40′E / 5.750°N 39.667°E / 5.750; 39.667
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Meda Welabu is a

Mennana Harena Buluk, and on the northeast by Guradamole. The administrative center of the woreda is Bidire; other towns in Meda Welabu include Oborso
.

Overview

oats are important crops.[1] Although coffee is an important cash crop, less than 2,000 hectares are planted with it.[2]

No industry has been reported for this woreda, although 4 wholesalers, 4 retailers and 3 service providers are licensed in Meda Welabu. Gold, silver and platinum have been reported in this woreda, but have not been commercially developed. There were 9 Farmers Associations with 4,937 members and 4 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 913 members. Meda Welabu has 75 kilometers of dry-weather road, for an average road density of 8.6 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 13% of the total population has access to drinking water.[1]

This woreda was selected by the

Gaserana Gololcha, Meda Welabu became the new home for a total of 5219 heads of households and 19,758 family members.[3]

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 97,532, of whom 49,059 were men and 48,473 were women; 2,989 or 3.07% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they were

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[4]

Based on figures published by the

Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 85,661, of whom 42,321 were males and 43,340 were females; 2,567 or 3.00% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 13.5%. With an estimated area of 8,726.72 square kilometers, Meda Welabu has an estimated population density of 9.8 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 27.[5]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 61,919, of whom 31,494 were men and 30,425 women; 1,434 or 2.32% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Meda Welabu were the

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Socio-economic profile of the Bale Zone Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006)
  2. ^ "Coffee Production" Oromia Coffee Cooperative Union website
  3. ^ "Resettlement 2003" Archived 2008-02-29 at the Wayback Machine, Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) (accessed 26 November 2006)
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived 2006-11-23 at the Wayback Machine, Tables B.3 and B.4
  6. ^ 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, 2.7, 2.12, 2.15, 2.17 (accessed 6 April 2009)

5°45′N 39°40′E / 5.750°N 39.667°E / 5.750; 39.667

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