Doba (woreda)

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Doba is one of the 180 woredas, or administrative wards, in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after its major town Doba.

Part of the Mirab Hararghe Zone, Doba is bordered on the south by Chiro, on the west by Mieso, on the north by the Somali Region, on the east by the Misraq Hararghe Zone, and on the southeast by Tulo.

Although coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda, less than 20 km² 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 126,840, of whom 61,983 were males and 64,857 were females; 1,951 or 1.54% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 9.6%. With an estimated area of 700.47 square kilometers, Doba has an estimated population density of 181.1 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 101.8.^[2]