Amaro special woreda

Amaro is one of the 79 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. Because Amaro is not part of any Zone in the SNNPR, it is considered a Special woreda.

Located in the Great Rift Valley, Amaro is bordered on the south by Burji Special Woreda, on the east by Semien Omo and Lake Chamo, and on the north and east by the Oromia Region. It is divided into 32 kebeles. The administrative center of the woreda is Kele.

The major crops grown in this woreda are teff, corn, wheat, barley, navy beans, and coffee. [ [http://www.devinet.org/agriservice/Operational%20Areas.html "Operational Areas"] (Agri-Service Ethiopia)] The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) reported that 1,082 tons of coffee were produced in the year ending in 2005, based on inspection records from the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea authority. This represents 0.48% of the SNNPR's output and 1.08% of Ethiopia's total output. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table D.2]

Based on figures from the CSA in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 139,727, of whom 70,018 were males and 69,709 were females; 5,542 or 4% of its population are urban dwellers. With an estimated area of 1,534.07 square kilometers, Amaro has an estimated population density of 91.08 people per squarekilometer. [CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4]

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 10 of the woreda's kebeles, with the goal of improving agricultural practices, developing new rural water sources, and maintain and improve the existing local schools. ["Operational Areas", Agri-Service Ethiopia]

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