Gedeo-Zone

Gedeo is a Management Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the people who live here the Gedeo.

In the east, south and west Gedeo is limited by the Oromia region and in the north of the Sidama Zone. In Gedeo are the villages of Dilla and Yirgacheffe.

The ( CSA), according to the Central Statistical Agency 63 562 tons of coffee were harvested together in the Sidama and Gedeo zones in 2005. This corresponds to 63 % of earnings in the SNNPR and 28 % of the total Ethiopian.

Population

In 2005, the zone had 820 944 inhabitants, of which 14.4 % lived in urban areas. The zone covers an area of ​​1329.39 square kilometers, resulting in a population density of 617.53 people per square kilometer.

1994 were 81.2 % of the population to the ethnic group of the Gedeo, 8.3% were Oromo, Amhara 4.35%, 2.8%, Gurage (including Soddo and Silt'e ) and 1.15 % Sidama.

With 81.45 % speakers Gedeo was widespread as a native language the most, followed by Oromo and Amharic with 7.8% to 7.6%.

11% of the residents of Gedeo have a memorandum According to World Bank, access to electricity. The road density of 231.7 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers; a typical rural family owns 0.3 hectares of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 acres and a value of 0.89 hectares for the SNNPR ) and the equivalent of 0.2 heads of cattle. 19.6 % of the population not employed in agriculture, compared with 25 % for the whole country and 32 % in the region. 65% of eligible children attend primary school and 17% go to secondary schools. In 40% of the zone, there is a risk of contracting malaria, 37 % of the zone is exposed to the tsetse fly.

Woredas

• Bule
• Kochere
• Wenago
• Yirgacheffe