Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban

Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban ("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 Gulelena 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 Degem, on the north by Gerar Jarso, on the east by the Amhara Region, and on the southeast by Wuchalena Jido. Towns in Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban include Debre Tsige and Fital.

The woreda government announced in April 2008 that MERET, a non-governmental organization, had funded soil and environmental conservation projects, which included the construction of 42 kilometres of stone contours, a dam 500 cubic metres in size, and digging a ditch 1000 cubic metres. The cost was over 128,000 Birr, and about 816 people participated in the work.[1]

Demographics

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 are men and 57,079 are women; 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 kilometre, which is greater than the Zone average of 143.[2]

The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 80,365, of whom 40,692 were men and 39,673 women; 6,627 or 8.25% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban were the Oromo (83.75%), and the Amhara (16.1%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.15% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 83.39%, while 16.51% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.1% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 99.62% of the population reporting they practised that belief.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "MERET, an NGO, executes different activities on soil and environmental conservation", (21 April 2008) Oromia State Government website (accessed 7 May 2009)
  2. ^ CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4
  3. ^ 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1, part 1, Tables 2.1, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20 (accessed 6 April 2009)
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