Munesa

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Munesa is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Munesa is bordered on the south by Kofele, on the west by the Mirab Shewa Zone and Lake Langano, on the northwest by Ziway Dugda, on the north by Tiyo, on the northeast by Digeluna Tijo, and on the east by Bekoji. The woreda capital is Kersa; other towns include Ego.

The altitude of this woreda ranges from 1500 to 4000 meters above sea level; Chiqe and Kulsa are some of the highest points. Rivers include 45 kilometers of the Kessa, 50 of the Teji, 60 of the Guracho, 60 of the Gadamsa and 55 kilometers of the Metna; all of these flow into the Rift valley. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 37.1% is arable or cultivable, 24.1% pasture, 34.6% forest, and the remaining 4.2% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable. Lole state farm, which grows wheat and rape seed, occupies a large part of the arable land. Rape seed and linseed are important cash crops; hides and skins are major export items.[1] Although Coffee is also an important cash crop, less than 20 km² is planted with it.[2]

Industry in the woreda includes quarries along the shore of Lake Langano and 29 grain mills employing 78 people, as well as 910 registered businesses of whom 15.7% are wholesalers, 30.9% retailers, and 53.3% service providers. There were 38 Farmers Associations with 15,870 members and 5 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 9611 members. Munesa has 105 kilometers of dry-weather and 98 of all-weather road, for an average road density of 139.5 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 4.9% of the total 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 207,422, of whom 105,280 were males and 102,142 were females; 17,430 or 8.40% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12.3%. With an estimated area of 1,454.85 square kilometers, Munesa has an estimated population density of 142.6 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 132.2.[4]

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  1. ^ Socio-economic profile of Arsi Zone Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).
  2. ^ "Coffee Production" Oromia Coffee Cooperative Union website
  3. ^ Government of Oromia Region, Socio-economic profile.
  4. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4