Aleta Wendo (woreda)

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Aleta Wendo is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Sidama Zone, Aleta Wendo is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the west and north by Dale, on the east by Hula, and on the southeast by Dara. The administrative center is Aleta Wendo; other towns include Chuko.

A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 72% is arable or cultivable, 12.9% pasture, 7% forest, and the remaining 8% is considered swampy, degraded or otherwise unusable.[1] Important cash crops include corn, wheat, barley, horse beans, haricot beans, local varieties of cabbage, and shallots.[2] Landmarks in Aleta Wendo woreda include six megalithic sites, which contain a total of 74 steles.[3]

[edit] Population

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 388,788, of whom 189,610 were males and 199,178 were females; 28,816 or 7.41% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 8.9%. With an estimated area of 567.03 square kilometers, Aleta Wendo has an estimated population density of 685.7 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 430.03.[4]

The dominant Ethnic group in this woreda is the Sidama people; only 2% report as belonging to all other groups.[5]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Woreda administration sources, as quoted in Final Report for Aposto-Wendo-Negele (World Bank Report E1546, vol. 1), p. 63
  2. ^ Final Report, pp. 65f
  3. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 3 January 2008)
  4. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4
  5. ^ Final Report, pp. 62f