- Tiyo (woreda)
Tiyo is one of the 180
woreda s in theOromia Region ofEthiopia . Part of theArsi Zone , Tiyo is bordered on the south byMunesa , on the west byZiway Dugda , on the northeast byHitosa , and on the southeast byDigeluna Tijo . The woreda and Zonal capital isAsella ; other towns include Gonde.Mount Chilalo is the highest point in this woreda. Rivers include the Kater, Kulmsa, Gonde, Dosha and Walkesa. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 40% is arable or cultivable (32% was planted with cereals), 23.1% pasture, 8.7% forest, and the remaining 28.2% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable. [ [http://oromiagov.org/Socio%20Economic%20Profile/Arsi/Arsi%20Zone.pdf "Socio-economic profile of Arsi Zone"] Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).] .Industry in the woreda includes the
Asella Malt factory , 55 small industries including 39grain mill s employing 240 people, as well as 2023 registered businesses of which 21.7% were wholesalers, 53% retailers, and 25.3% serivice providers. There were 15 Farmers Associations with 13,704 members and 9 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 426 members. Tiyo has 16 kilometers of dry-weather and 46.5 of all-weather road, for an average road density of 98 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 53.7% of the total population has access todrinking 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 182,193, of whom 93,369 were males and 88,824 were females; 91,775 or 50.37% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 12.3%. With an estimated area of 638.44 square kilometers, Tiyo has an estimated population density of 285.4 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 132.2. [ [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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