Sinanana Dinsho

Sinanana Dinsho is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Bale Zone, Sinanana Dinsho is bordered on the south by the Mena River which separates it from Goba, on the west by Adaba, on the northwest by Agarfa, on the northeast by Gaserana Gololcha, on the east by Ginir, and on the southeast by Goro, Oromia. The administrative center of this woreda is Robe; other towns include Dinsho.

Most of this woreda is more than 200 meters above sea level. Rivers include the Togona, Wayib and Shaya Rivers. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 33.1% is arable or cultivable (29.8% was under annual crops), 30.4% pasture, 30.2% forest and other heavy vegetation, and the remaining 2.3% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable. Sinanana Dinsho is one of the woredas in this Zone with abundant forests; the Bale Mountains National Park extends into the woreda. This woreda reportedly produces a surplus of food, and wheat and barley are important crops. There are two state farms in this woreda: the Sinana wth 38.38 km² and the Robe with 25.79 km² [ [http://oromiagov.org/Socio%20Economic%20Profile/Bale/Bale%20Zone.pdf "Socio-economic profile of the Bale Zone"] Government of Oromia Region (last accessed 1 August 2006).]

Industry consists of 45 grain mills and 20 other small-scale factories including edible oil mills, woodworking and metalworking shops, bakeries, brickyards, knitting factories employnig 166 people, as well as 172 wholesalers, 559 retailers and 231 service providers. There were 23 Farmers Associations with 16,399 members and 5 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 1884 members. Sinanana Dinsho has 93 kilometers of all-weather road, for an average of road density of 52.5 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 37.7% 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 198,477, of whom 100,199 were males and 98,278 were females; 42,090 or 21.21% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 13.5%. With an estimated area of 1,774.53 square kilometers, Sinanana Dinsho has an estimated population density of 111.8 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 27. [ [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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