Mulona Sululta

Mulona Sululta ("Mulo and Sululta") is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Mulona Sululta is bordered on the south by the city of Addis Ababa, on the west by the Muger River which separates it from the Mirab Shewa Zone, on the north by Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban, on the northeast by Wuchalena Jido, and on the east by Berehna Aleltu. Towns in Mulona Sululta include Chancho, Durba, Muger Sheleko, Rob Gebeya, Sululta and Segno Gebeya.

This woreda is characterized by the Sululta plain, which is a wide, shallow valley with an elevation of 2500 meters above sea level, almost completely surrounded by mountains with numerous small rivers which drain into the Muger. The plain is swampy with some quite large areas of open water in the rainy season, but it reverts to grazing land during the dry months. The surrounding mountainsides were covered with forest dominated by Juniperus procera, and the lower slopes supported groves of Acacia, but now most of the hillsides are covered with plantations of Eucalyptus with only the odd native tree remaining, except for the groves protected by the presence of a church.^[1]

Demographics

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 188,124, of whom 95,156 are men and 92,968 are women; 17,748 or 9.43% of its population are urban dwellers, which is about the same as the Zone average of 9.5%. With an estimated area of 1,520.32 square kilometers, Mulona Sululta has an estimated population density of 123.7 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 133,950, of whom 66,523 were men and 67,427 women; 9,944 or 7.42%% of its population were urban dwellers at the time. The two largest ethnic groups reported in Mulona Sululta were the Oromo (93.59%), and the Amhara (5.73%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.22% of the population. Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 94.8%, and 4.82% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.68% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants professed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 98.17% of the population reporting they practiced that belief, while 1.04% of the population said they observed traditional beliefs which was the largest group of this faith in the Zone.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ "Important Bird Area factsheet: Sululta plain, Ethiopia", BirdLife International website (accessed 2 September 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)

Coordinates: 9°10′N 38°45′E / 9.167°N 38.75°E / 9.167; 38.75