Dedo

Dedo is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Jimma Zone, Dedo is bordered on the south by the Gojeb River which separates it from the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, on the west by Gera, on the north by Kersa, and on the east by Omo Nada. The major town in Dedo is Sheki.

The altitude of this woreda ranges from 880 to 2400 meters above sea level. Major peaks include Haro Gebis, Walla, and Derar Korma. Perennial rivers include the Unat, Kawa, Waro and Offele. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 63.1% is arable or cultivable (38.4% was under annual crops), 13.6% pasture, 9.3% forest, and the remaining 14% is considered swampy, degraded or otherwise unusable. Teff, corn and vegetables are important cash crops.Coffee is also an important cash crop for this woreda; over 50 square kilometers are planted with this crop.

Industry in the woreda includes 35 grain mills. Iron, coal and oil shale deposits are known in Dedo, but have yet to be developed. There were 53 Farmers Associations with 29,781 members and 10 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 18,429 members. Dedo has 34 kilometers of dry-weather and 70 of all-weather road, for an average road density of 66.2 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. (The Oromia Regional government has stated that a 34 kilometer road linking Dedo with Mole and Boneya is under construction.) About 73% of the urban and 5.7% of the rural population has access to drinking water.

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 288,457, of whom 143,935 were men and 144,522 were women; 5,755 or 2% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Moslem, with 92.98% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 5.42% of the population said they practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 1.47% were Protestant.

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