Berehna Aleltu

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Berehna Aleltu is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Berehna Aleltu is bordered on the south by the Misraq Shewa Zone, on the southwest by the city of Addis Ababa, on the west by Mulona Sululta, on the north by Wuchalena Jido, on the northeast by Kembibit, and on the east by the Amhara Region.

Berehna Aleltu is divided into 45 rural and 5 urban kebeles. The woreda capital is Sendafa; other towns include Beke, Fiche Gelila, and Mikawa. The landscape of this woreda has been described as undulating mountains covered by a scattered settlement pattern, which make development efforts more difficult.^[1]

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 170,360, of whom 85,341 were males and 85,019 were females; 17,362 or 10.19% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 9.5%. With an estimated area of 1,325.79 square kilometers, Berehna Aleltu has an estimated population density of 128.5 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 143.^[2]

This woreda was selected as one of the three areas for Agri-Service Ethiopia to implement an Integrated Food Security Program. This Program operates in 12 of the woreda's kebeles, with the goal of improving agricultural practices, developing new rural water sources, conserving use of local natural resources, training community health workers and building new schools.^[3]