Hagere Mariam (woreda)

Hagere Mariam is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Borena Zone, Hagere Mariam is bordered on the south by the Dawa River which separates it from Arero, on the southwest by Yabelo, on the west by the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region and Gelana Abaya, on the northeast by Uraga, and on the east by Odo Shakiso. Towns in Hagere Mariam include Hagere Mariam.

Coffee is also an important cash crop; over 5,000 hectares are planted with it. [ [http://www.oromiacoffeeunion.org/production.htm "Coffee Production"] Oromia Coffee Cooperative Union website] Workers for the Texas Africa Exploration Company in 1958 found near Hagere Mariam the titanium minerals rutile and ilmenite, as well as talc lenses which often contain asbestos, although the lenses found were very small in size, and the quality of the asbestos fiber was not good. [ [http://130.238.24.99/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/A/ORTAF.pdf "Local History in Ethiopia"] (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 27 May 2008)]

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 546,456, of whom 269,727 were males and 276,729 were females; 22,784 or 4.17% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 11.6%. With an estimated area of 6,021.88 square kilometers, Hagere Mariam has an estimated population density of 90.7 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 21.1. [ [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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