Gola Odana Meyumuluke

Gola Oda is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It was part of former Gola Odana Meyumuluke woreda what was divided for Gola Oda and Meyumuluke woredas. Part of the Misraq (East) Hararghe Zone, Gola Odana Meyumuluke is bordered on the south by the Shebelle River which separates it from the Bale Zone, on the southwest by the Galetti River which separates it from the Mirab (West) Hararghe Zone, on the northwest by Malka Balo, on the north by Bedeno, on the northeast by Girawa, on the east by Fedis, and on the southeast by the Erer River which separates it from the Somali Region. The administrative center of this woreda is Burka.

The altitude of this woreda ranges from 500 to 1930 meters above sea level; Mount Sebero is the highest point. Rivers include the Ramis and Deneba. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 3.5% is arable or cultivable, 7.6% pasture, 22.1% forest, and the remaining 66.8% is considered degraded, built-up or otherwise unusable. There are no identified important cash crops.

Industry in the woreda includes 4 grain mills employing 14 people, as well as 37 registered businesses including wholesalers, retailers and service providers. There were 22 Farmers Associations with 6011 members and no Farmers Service Cooperatives. Gola Odana Myumuluke has only a few kilometers of dry-weather road. About 26.5% of the rural, 18.5% of the urban and 9.4% of the total population have access to drinking water.

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 104,440, of whom 53,637 were men and 50,803 were women; 5,555 or 5.32% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants said they were Muslim, with 99.55% of the population reporting they observed this belief.

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