Hagere Mariam (woreda)

Bule Hora is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It was part of former Hagere Mariam woreda what was separated for Bule Hora, Dugda Dawa and Kercha woredas. Part of the Borena Zone, Hagere Mariam was 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. The largest town of Bule Hora is Bule Hora Town, formerly called Hagere Mariam.

In May 2000, a field assessment by the UNDP which included Hagere Mariam collected informal reports of a growing number of private investors in coffee pulping/processing factories and coffee plantations in the woreda; however, many of their informants expressed concern voiced that this had been at the expense of local farmers. The four major crops grown in this woreda are maize, wheat, barley and haricot beans in that order, with some long cycle sorghum and teff as well; in some parts ensete or the false banana is also grown, which offers a degree of security during famines.Coffee is also an important cash crop; over 5,000 hectares are planted with it.

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.

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