Goro Gutu

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Goro Gutu is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. This woreda is named after Goro Gutu, its tallest mountain.

Part of the Misraq (East) Hararghe Zone, Goro Gutu is bordered on the south by Deder, on the west by the Mirab (West) Hararghe Zone, on the north by the Somali Region, and on the east by Meta. The woreda capital is Karamile; other towns include Boroda.

The altitude of this woreda ranges from 1200 to 2660 meters above sea level; the highest points include Mount Gangilo. Rivers include the Erer, Usman Ejersa and Burka. A survey of the land in Goro Gutu (released in 1994/95) shows that 20.3% is arable or cultivable, 19.9% pasture and forest, and the remaining 59.8% is considered built-up, degraded or otherwise unusable. Khat, vegetables and fruits are important cash crops.^[1] Although coffee is also an important cash crop for this woreda, only between 20 and 50 km² are planted with it.^[2]

Industry in the woreda includes 15 grain mills employing 53 people, as well as 209 registered businesses including wholesalers, retailers and service providers. There were 27 Farmers Associations with 24,115 members and no Farmers Service Cooperatives. Goro Gutu has 74 kilometers of dry-weather and 68 of all-weather road, for an average road density of 268 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 18.9% of the urban, 3.7% of the rural and 4.4% of the total population have access to drinking water.^[3]

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 147,041, of whom 72,664 were males and 74,377 were females; 7,758 or 5.28% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 6.9%. With an estimated area of 536.88 square kilometers, Goro Gutu has an estimated population density of 273.9 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 102.6.^[4]

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