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Guto Wayu


Guto Wayu was one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It was divided between Guto Gida, Wayu Tuka woredas and Nekemte town. Part of the Misraq Welega Zone, Guto Wayu was bordered on the south by Nunu Kumba, on the southwest by Jimma Arjo and Diga Leka, on the west by Sasiga, on the northwest by Limmu and Gida Kiremu, on the northeast by Bila Seyo, on the east by Sibu Sire, and on the southeast by Wama Bonaya. The administrative center of the woreda was Nekemte, which is also the Zonal capital; other towns included Gute.

The major peaks of this woreda are Mounts Tuka (3141 meters), Komto and Daleti. Rivers include the Eya, Uke, Loko, Beseka, Wachu, Adiyya, Tato and Oda. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 55.7% is arable or cultivable, 21.6% pasture, 8.5% forest, and 14.2% other. Komto and Chirri State Forests cover about 21.56 square kilometers of land.Coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda; between 20 and 50 square kilometers are planted with this crop.

Industry in the woreda includes 45 grain mills, 12 edible oil mills, 5 bakeries, 6 wood-working shops and 1 metalworks. There were 18 Farmers Associations with 15,533 members and 15 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 11,505 members. Guto Wayu has 86 all-weather road, for an average of road density of 64.9 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 28.5% of the total population has access to drinking water.


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