Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban

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Yaya Gulele and Debre Libanos is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named in part after the important monastery of Debre Libanos.

Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Yaya Gulele and Debre Liban is bordered on the south by Mulona Sululta, on the southwest by the Muger River which separates it from the Mirab Shewa Zone, on the west by Gegem, on the north by Gerar Jarso, on the east by the Amhara Region, and on the southeast by Wuchalena Jido. Towns in Yaya Gulele and Debre Liban include Debre Tsige and Fital.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 113,150, of whom 56,071 were males and 57,079 were females; 11,849 or 10.47% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 9.5%. With an estimated area of 594.85 square kilometers, Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban has an estimated population density of 190.2 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 143.^[1]