Wama Bonaya

Wama Bonaya is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Welega Zone, Wama Bonaya is bordered on the southwest by Nunu Kumba, on the west by Guto Wayu, on the northwest by Sibu Sire, on the north by Bila Seyo, on the northeast by the Mirab Shewa Zone, and on the southeast by the Jimma Zone. The woreda capital is Bilo; other towns in Wama Bonaya include Mote.

This woreda is characterized by rugged terrain; peaks include Mount Konchi, Mount Sodu, Mount Sokso, and Mount Berema. Rivers include the Urgessa, Jarti, Timbako, Wedesa, Wama and Birbirsa Rivers. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 49.7% is arable or cultivable (23.9% was under annual crops), 23.2% pasture, 8.5% forest, and the remaining 18.5% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable. [ [http://oromiagov.org/Socio%20Economic%20Profile/East%20Wellega/East%20Wellega.pdf "Socio-economic profile of the East Wellega Zone"] Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).] .

Industry in the woreda includes 3 grain mills. There were 16 Farmers Associations with 8501 members and 9 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 6253 members. Limmu has 9.4 kilometers of dry weather road and no all-weather road, for an average of road density of 2.35 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 3.5% of the total population has access to drinking water. [Government of Oromia Region, "Socio-economic profile."]

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 98,168, of whom 50,564 were males and 47,604 were females; 3,275 or 3.34% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 13.9%. With an estimated area of 1,103.75 square kilometers, Wama Bonaya has an estimated population density of 88.9 people per square kilometer, which is less than the Zone average of 81.4. [ [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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