Ada'a Chukala

Ada'a Chukala is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. [In the [http://oromiagov.org/Socio%20Economic%20Profile/East%20Shewa/East%20Shewa.pdf "Socio-economic profile of East Shewa"] (last accessed 1 August 2006) the Government of Oromia Region calls this woreda Ada'a Liben.] Part of the Misraq Shewa Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Ada'a Chukala is bordered on the south by Dugda Bora, on the west by the Mirab Shewa Zone, on the northwest by Akaki, on the northeast by Gimbichu, and on the east by Lome. The administrative center is Debre Zeit; other towns in Ada'a Chukala include Adulala.

Although the highest point in this woreda, and in Misraq Shewa, is Mount Yerer which lies on the border with Akaki, Mount Zuqualla is also a prominent peak in Ada'a Chukala as well as a notable landmark as the location of the monastery of Saint Gebre Manfas Qeddus. Rivers include the Modjo, Belbela, Wedecha and Dukem. Important forests include the government-protected Dirre-Garbicha and the Tedecha and Oude community forests. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 51% is arable or cultivable, 6.4% pasture, 7.4% in community, regional and natural forests, and the remaining 34.8% is considered degraded or otherwise unusable. Legumes and sugar cane are important cash crops; Ada'a Chukala produces the most teff, wheat and legumes in Misraq Shewa.Government of Oromia Region, "Socio-economic profile."]

Industry in the woreda includes 8 licensed mining enterprises, both private and state-owned, two flour mills (one publicly owned, the other privatized in 1996), 26 small industries that employed 327 people, as well as 202 wholesalers, 172 retailers and 12 service provdiers. There were 42 Farmers Associations with 26,525 members and 26 Farmers Service Cooperatives. Ada'a Chukala has 40 kilometers of dry-weather and 93 of all-weather road, for an average road density of 81.3 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 27% of the rural, 100% of the urban and 52% of the total population has access to drinking water.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 355,343, of whom 175,788 were males and 179,555 were females; 142,866 or 40.21% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 32.1%. With an estimated area of 1,635.16 square kilometers, Ada'a Chukala has an estimated population density of 217.3 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 181.7. [ [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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