Mesela (woreda)

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Mesela is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Hararghe Zone, Mesela is bordered on the southwest by the Galetti River which separates it from Chiro, on the northwest by Tulo, and on the east by the Misraq Hararghe Zone. Towns in Mesela include Goro Reye and Mesela.

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 154,502, of whom 75,881 were males and 78,621 were females; 5,841 or 3.78% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 9.6%. With an estimated area of 686.57 square kilometers, Mesela has an estimated population density of 225 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 101.8.^[2]