Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha

Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Shewa Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha is bordered on the south by Arsi Negele with which it shares the shores of Lakes Abijatta and Langano, on the west by the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, on the north by Dugda Bora, on the northeast by Lake Zway, and on the east by the Arsi Zone. The woreda capital is Ziway; other towns include Abosa, Adami Tullu, Bulbulla, and Jido.

Land features

Most of this woreda ranges in altitude from 1500 to 2300 meters above sea level; Mount Aluto is the highest point. Rivers include the Bulbula, Jido, Hora Kalio and Gogessa. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 27.2% is arable or cultivable, 21.6% pasture, 9.9% forest, 15.7% swampy and the remaining 25.6% is considered degraded or otherwise unusable. [ [http://oromiagov.org/Socio%20Economic%20Profile/East%20Shewa/East%20Shewa.pdf "Socio-economic profile of East Shewa"] Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).] .

Farming and industry

Industry in the woreda includes two state-owned industries (one producing Soda ash, the other Caustic soda), 44 private small industries employing 299 people, and 1,670 registered businesses including 321 wholesalers, 1034 retailers and 315 service providers. Ziway state farm is a major on-going government project in this woreda. There were 37 Farmers Associations with 17,144 members and 12 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 8740 members. Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha has 95 kilometers of dry-weather and 85 all-weather road, for an average road density of 141 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 84% of the rural, 88% of the urban and 85% of the total population have access to drinking water. [Government of Oromia Region, "Socio-economic profile."]

Demographics

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 167,066, of whom 82,926 were males and 84,140 were females; 57,068 or 34.16% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 32.1%. With an estimated area of 1,274.54 square kilometers, Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha has an estimated population density of 131.1 people per square kilometer, which is less 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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