Hadiya Zone

Hadiya is a Zone in the Ethiopian Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR). This zone is named after the Hadiya of the Hadiya kingdom, whose homeland covers part of the administrative division.

Hadiya is bordered on the south by Kembata Alaba and Tembaro (KAT), on the west by the Omo River which separates it from Oromia Region and the Yem Special Woreda, on the north by Gurage, and on the east by the Oromia Region; the woreda of Badawacho is an exclave separated from the rest of the zone by the KAT. The administrative center of Hadiya is Hosaena.

According to the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) 8,364.00 tons of coffee were produced in Gurage, Hadiya and KAT combined in the year ending in 2005, representing 8.33% of the SNNPR's output and 3.36% of Ethiopia's total output. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table D.2]

Demographics

Based on figures from the CSA, in 2005 this zone has an estimated total population of 1,506,623, of which 748,074 were males and 758,549 were females; 122,676 or 8.1% of its population are urban dwellers. With an estimated area of 3,978.14 square kilometers, Hadiya has an estimated population density of 378.73 people per square kilometer. [CSA 2005 National Statistics, Tables B.3 and B.4]

According to a May 24, 2004 World Bank memorandum, 6% of the inhabitants of Hadiya have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 104.1 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers (compared to the national average of 30 kilometers), [" [http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&theSitePK=523679&entityID=000112742_20030530104124&searchMenuPK=64187283&theSitePK=523679 Ethiopia - Second Road Sector Development Program Project] ", p.3 (World Bank Project Appraisal Document, published 19 May 2003)] the average rural household has 0.6 hectare of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and an average of 0.89 for the SNNPR) [Comparative national and regional figures comes from the World Bank publication, [http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?ImgPagePK=64202990&entityID=000094946_03032704080562&menuPK=64168175&pagePK=64210502&theSitePK=477938&piPK=64210520 Klaus Deininger et al. "Tenure Security and Land Related Investment", WP-2991] (accessed 23 March 2006)] the equivalent of 0.6 heads of livestock. 22.8% of the population is in non-farm related jobs, compared to the national average of 25% and a Regional average of 32%. 74% of all eligible children are enrolled in primary school, and 21% in secondary schools. 43% of the zone is exposed to malaria, and 59 % to Tsetse fly. The memorandum gave this zone a drought risk rating of 318. [ [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTETHIOPIA/Resources/PREM/FourEthiopiasrev6.7.5.May24.pdf World Bank, "Four Ethiopias: A Regional Characterization"] (accessed 23 March 2006).]

Woredas

*Badawacho
*Konteb
*Limo
*Soro

Notes