Aroresa

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Aroresa is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Located at the tip of the Sidama Zone that extends into the Oromia Region like a peninsula, Aroresa is bordered on every side by that Region, except on the west where it is bordered by Bensa. The major town in Aroresa is Mejo.

This woreda covers part of the homeland of the Sidama people.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 134,384, of whom 65,461 were males and 68,923 were females; 3,011 or 2.24% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.9%. With an estimated area of 853.13 square kilometers, Aroresa has an estimated population density of 157.5 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 430.03.^[1]