Sasiga
Sasiga is one of the
Overview
Part of this woreda is characterized by its undulating hills. Rivers include the Karsa, Gumbi, Hare, Didiga, Kobo and the Bege Rivers. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 11.9% is arable or cultivable, 2.8% is pasture, 1.6% is forest and the remainder (83.7)% is swampy, marshy or otherwise unusable. Forested land is organized into the Danbi, Laga Ayya, Baloo, Bareda and Gumbi natural forests and the Tsige State Forest. Local landmarks include the Kolobo Cave and the Bereda and Cumbi Falls.[1] Coffee is an important crop in this woreda with over 5,000 hectares of plantation.[2]
Industry in the woreda includes 3
History
Sasiga was one of six woredas in Misraq Welega selected for resettlement in 2003; the others being
Between 16 and 31 May 16, 2008, 400 Oromo men, women and children were reportedly slaughtered by
Demographics
The 2007 national census reported the total population for this woreda to be 80,814, of whom 41,326 were men and 39,488 were women. 2,573 or 3.18% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the people (62.7%) observe Protestantism, while 21.55% are Muslim and 14.21% are Ethiopian Orthodox Christians.[5]
Based on figures published by the
The 1994 national census reported the total population for this woreda to be 44,892, of whom 22,246 were men and 22,646 women; 2,423 or 5.4% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Sasiga were the
Notes
- ^ a b Socio-economic profile of the East Wellega Zone Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).
- ^ "Coffee Production" Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Oromia Coffee Cooperative Union website
- ^ Dechassa Lemessa, "Surplus producing eastern highland parts of Eastern Wellega Zone badly hit by current crisis", UN-OCHA 11 September 2003 (accessed 3 April 2009)
- ^ "OFDM Press Release: The Massacre of May, 2008" Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, Jima Times 21 June 2008 (accessed 9 March 2009)
- ^ 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)