Mana Sibu
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Mana Sibu is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Welega Zone, Mana Sibu is bordered on the south by Jarso, on the southwest by Begi, on the north by the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, and on the southeast by Nejo. Mendi is the administrative center; other towns in Mana Sibu include Kiltu Kara.
Coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda. Over 50 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 182,336, of whom 89,661 were males and 92,675 were females; 22,761 or 12.48% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 10.9%. With an estimated area of 2,487.51 square kilometers, Mana Sibu has an estimated population density of 73.3 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 91.7.[2]
Sezo, a Mao language of the northern Omotic group is spoken in this woreda.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Coffee Production" Oromia Coffee Cooperative Union website
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4
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