Berehna Aleltu ("Bereh and Aleltu") is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Berehna Aleltu is bordered on the south by the Misraq Shewa Zone, on the southwest by the city of Addis Ababa, on the west by Mulona Sululta, on the north by Wuchalena Jido, on the northeast by Kembibit, and on the east by the Amhara Region.
Berehna Aleltu is divided into 45 rural and 5 urban kebeles. The administrative center of the woreda is Sendafa; other towns include Beke, Fiche Gelila, and Mikawa. The landscape of this woreda has been described as undulating mountains covered by a scattered settlement pattern, which make development efforts more difficult.[1]
This woreda was selected as one of the three areas for Agri-Service Ethiopia to implement an Integrated Food Security Program. This Program operates in 12 of the woreda's kebeles, with the goal of improving agricultural practices, developing new rural water sources, conserving use of local natural resources, training community health workers and building new schools.[1]
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 170,360, of whom 85,341 are men and 85,019 are women; 17,362 or 10.19% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 9.5%. With an estimated area of 1,325.79 square kilometers, Berehna Aleltu has an estimated population density of 128.5 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 143.[2]
The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 121,081, of whom 60,680 were men and 60,401 women; 9,718 or 8.03% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Berehna Aleltu were the Oromo (83.15%), the Amhara (14.04%), and the Werji (1.79%); all other ethnic groups made up 1.02% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 84.62%, and 14.98% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.4% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 96.84% of the population reporting they practiced that belief, while 2.81% of the population said they were Moslem.[3]
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