Sherka

Coordinates: 7°35′N 39°30′E / 7.583°N 39.500°E / 7.583; 39.500
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Sirka
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Sherka is one of the

Robe. Gobesa is the administrative center; other towns include Gaadoo Gunaa
.

Overview

The altitude of this woreda ranges from 350 to 1350 meters above sea level. Perennial rivers include 25 kilometers of the Gumelo and 20 of the Rapese. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 21.4% is arable or cultivable, 6.3% pasture, 2.7% forest, and the remaining 69.6% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable. Pepper, black and white cumin and fenugreek are important cash crops.[2]

Industry in the woreda includes 10

grain mills employing 31 people, as well as 671 registered businesses of which 23% were wholesalers, 40% retailers and 36% service providers. There were 32 Farmers Associations with 14,991 members and 6 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 14,315 members. Sirkaa has 77 kilometers of dry-weather and 22 of all-weather road, for an average road density of 91.6 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers, which the Oromia state government notes has not been maintained; 34 kilometers of road between Gobeessaa and Beqqoojjii, and 15 kilometers from Gobeessaa to Tareta are in the planning stages. About 51.1% of the total population has access to drinking water.[2]

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 163,823, of whom 81,812 were men and 82,011 were women; 12,494 or 7.63% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they were

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.[3]

Based on figures published by the

Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 157,640, of whom 78,968 are men and 78,672 are women; 11,870 or 7.53% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12.3%. With an estimated area of 1,080.78 square kilometers, Sherka has an estimated population density of 145.9 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 132.2.[4]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 112,743, of whom 56,527 were men and 56,216 women; 6,642 or 5.89% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Sherka were the

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 50.53% of the population having reported they practiced that belief, while 49.22% of the population said they were Muslim.[5]

Notes

  1. Lit Verlag
    , 2002), pp. 68f
  2. ^ a b Socio-economic profile of Arsi Zone Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).
  3. ^ 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)
  4. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4
  5. ^ 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).

7°35′N 39°30′E / 7.583°N 39.500°E / 7.583; 39.500

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