Gesha

Gesha is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Keficho Shekicho Zone, Gesha is bordered on the south by Chena, on the southwest by Yeki, on the west by Masha Anderacha, on the north by the Oromia Region, and on the east by Ginbo. Towns in Gesha include Deka and Yadeta.

Gesha is home to the Gemadro Coffee Plantation, a property of the Ethio-Coffee and Tea Plantation and Marketing PLC, which is a division of MIDROC. According to the Gemadro website, 1010 of the 2295 hectares is planted in coffee. The plantation and the neighboring village are named after the Gemadro River. [ [http://www.telecom.net.et/~ectpm/Coffee.htm Gemadro Coffee Page] (accessed 24 January 2007) This is the coffee sold under the Gemadro name in Starbucks.]

This woreda is part of the homeland of the Sheko people. Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 166,026, of whom 85,383 were males and 80,643 were females; 4,674 or 2.82% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 9.7%. With an estimated area of 2,382.35 square kilometers, Gesha has an estimated population density of 69.7 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 81.9. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Tables B.3 and B.4]

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