Meta (woreda)
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Meta is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq (East) Hararghe Zone, Meta is bordered on the southwest by Deder, on the northwest by Goro Gutu, on the north by the Somali Region, on the northeast by Kersa, and on the southeast by Bedeno. Towns in Meta include Chelenko and Kulubi.
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 240,285, of whom 117,864 were males and 122,421 were females; 12,459 or 5.19% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 6.9%. With an estimated area of 657.03 square kilometers, Meta has an estimated population density of 365.7 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 102.6.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Coffee Production" Oromia Coffee Cooperative Union website
- ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4
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