Cheliya

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Cheliya is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Shewa Zone, Cheliya is bordered on the south by Nono and Dano, on the southwest by the Jimma Zone, on the west by Bako Tibe, on the northwest by the Guder River which separates it from the Mirab Welega Zone, on the north by Ginde Beret, on the northeast by Jeldu, on the east by Ambo, and on the southeast by Tikur. Towns in Cheliya include Babiche, Ejaji, Gedo and Hamus Gebeya.

Although coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda, less than 2,000 hectares are planted with this crop.^[1]

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 240,055, of whom 122,182 were males and 117,873 were females; 26,619 or 11.09% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12.3%. With an estimated area of 1,854.07 square kilometers, Cheliya has an estimated population density of 129.5 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 152.8.^[2]