Nunu Kumba
Nunu Kumba is one of 180
Overview
The altitude of this woreda ranges from 1500 to 2664 meters above sea level; Mount Kaba, Mount Modo and Mount Imatu are some of the highest peaks. Rivers include the Negesso, Jawero, Sifa, Gindo and Jejeba. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 75.9% is arable or cultivable (32.4% under annual crops), 10.9% pasture, 4.9%
There were 11 Farmers Associations with 8336 members and 8 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 3558 members in this woreda. Nunu Kumba has 14.3 kilometers of dry weather road and no all-weather road, for an average of road density of 23.55 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 6% of the total population has access to drinking water.[1]
This woreda was selected by the
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 64,775, of whom 31,817 were men and 32,958 were women; 4,842 or 7.48% 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 45,421, of whom 22,091 were men and 23,330 women; 1,830 or 4.03% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Nunu Kumba were the
Notes
- ^ a b Socio-economic profile of the East Wellega Zone Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006)
- ^ "Resettlement 2004" Archived 2008-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (accessed 26 November 2006)
- ^ 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4
- ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, part 1, Tables 2.1, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)