Mennana Harena Buluk

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Mennana Harena Buluk is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia.^[1] Part of the Bale Zone, Mennana Harena Buluk is bordered on the south by Meda Welabu, on the west by Nensebo, on the northwest by Adaba, on the north by Goba, on the northeast by Berbere, and on the east by Guradamole. The woreda capital is Menna; other towns include Buluk Angetu.

Most of this woreda is less than 1500 meters above sea level; Mount Orbo is the highest point. Rivers include the Welmel, Demal, Yadot, Elgo, Erba, Shawe and the Dayyu Rivers. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 9.8% is arable or cultivable, 29.3% pasture, 56.5% forest or other heavy vegetation, and the remaining 4.1% is considered swampy, degraded or otherwise unusable. Cereals, chickpeas and haricot beans are important crops.^[2] Coffee is an important cash crop; over 5,000 hectares are planted with it.^[3]

Industry in the woreda includes 10 grain mills, one coffee pulper, and one government-owned saw mill. There were 32 Farmers Associations with 9,146 members and 3 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 913 members. The statistics for road coverage and access to drinking water are not available for Mennana Harena Buluk.^[4]

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 114,627, of whom 56,493 were males and 58,134 were females; 14,289 or 12.47% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 13.5%. With an estimated area of 6,680.94 square kilometers, Mennana Harena Buluk has an estimated population density of 17.2 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 27.^[5]

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