Moyale, Oromia (woreda)

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Moyale is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the administrative center of the woreda, Moyale.

Located in the southeast corner of the Borena Zone, Moyale is bordered on the south by Kenya, on the west by Dire, on the northwest by Arero, on the north by the Dawa River which separates it from Liben, and on the east by the Somali Region. The map of the Somali Region published by Disaster Prevention and Disaster Agency shows that the eastern part has been transferred to the Somali Region to create the Moyale woreda of that region.[1]

The altitude of this woreda ranges from 1150 to 1350 meters above sea level; Mount Juldessa is the highest point. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 9% is arable, 60% pasture, 21% forest, and the remaining 10% is considered swampy, degraded or otherwise unusable. Cereals include corn, wheat, teff, barley and sorghum; sugar cane, banana and papaya are other important crops.[2]

Industry in the woreda includes 8 grain mills, some metal workshops, 4 wood working shops, 2 brick and tube factories. Depostis of gold, cobalt, graphite and muscovite and known in the woreda but have not been commercially developed. There were 15 Farmers Associations and one Farmers Service Cooperative. Moyale has 34 kilometers of dry-weather and 55 all-weather road, for an average road density of 5.71 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 3.8% of the rural and 39.7% of the urban population has access to drinking water.[3]

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 128,016, of whom 60,529 were males and 67,487 were females; 25,038 or 19.56% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 11.6%. With an estimated area of 15,575.47 square kilometers, Moyale has an estimated population density of 8.2 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 21.1.[4]

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  1. ^ Map of the Oromia Region (PDF file)
  2. ^ Socio-economic profile of the Borena Zone Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).
  3. ^ Government of Oromia Region, Socio-economic profile.
  4. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4