Ayra Guliso

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Ayra Guliso is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Welega Zone, Ayra Guliso is bordered on the south by Dale Lalo, on the west by Gawo Dale, on the north by Jarso, on the northeast by Boji, and on the east by Lalo Asabi. Towns in Ayra Guliso include Ayra, Cheliya Yeka and Guliso.

Coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda. Over 5,000 hectares is planted with this crop.^[1]

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 114,120, of whom 58,012 were males and 56,108 were females; 16,178 or 14.18% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 10.9%. With an estimated area of 989.38 square kilometers, Ayra Guliso has an estimated population density of 115.3 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 91.7.^[2]