Metu Zuria
Metu Zuria is a
Overview
Rivers in this woreda include the Sor. A local landmark is the Sor River waterfalls, located 13 kilometers southeast of the town of Metu, near the village of Bechu; at least one travel guide describes these falls as "beautiful".[1] Coffee is an important cash crop of Metu; over 50 square kilometers are planted with this crop.[2]
Ethio-Wetland, a non-governmental organization, assisted by funding from the Japanese Embassy, in February 2009 dug 32 hand-dug wells, which increased zonal water supply coverage from 30% to 50%. Further Ethio-Wetland, which is also engaged in water and soil conservation, wetland care, and providing seeds and agriculture tools, was completing the digging of five more wells, which would meet the needs of about 2,000 more people.[3]
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 61,954, of whom 30,982 were men and 30,972 were women; none of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were
Based on figures published by the
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 106,294, of whom 52,925 were men and 53,369 women; 21,350 or 20.09% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Metu were the
Notes
- ^ Matt Philips and Jean-Bernard Carillet, Ethiopia and Eritrea, third edition (n.p.: Lonely Planet, 2006), p. 241
- ^ "Coffee Production" Oromia Coffee Cooperative Union website
- ^ "Ethio-Wetland hands over 32 hand-dug wells to beneficiary communities in Mettu" Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine, Ethiopian News Agency website, dated 15 February 2009 (accessed 14 April 2009)
- ^ 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)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics Archived 2008-07-31 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 2009-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, Tables 2.1, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)