Jimma Rare

Jimma Rare is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It shares the name of one of the subgroups of the Oromo people, the Jimma Rare. Part of the Horo Gudru Welega Zone, Jimma Rare is bordered on the west by Jimma Horo, on the north by Guduru, on the east and south by the Guder River which separates it from the Mirab Shewa Zone. The administrative center of the woreda is Wayu; other towns in Jimma Rare include Goben and Babal'a.

The altitude of this woreda ranges from 1540 to 3047 meters above sea level; Mount Tulu Biyyo is the highest point. Rivers include the Dangego and Wengele. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 73.8% is arable or cultivable, 16% pasture, 4.6% forest, and the remaining 5.6% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable. Notable landmarks include Dangogo Falls, Tulu Warabessa, Tulu Mara, Kersa Alatti and Kala Bacha Caves. Niger seed, flax and rape seed are important cash crops.

Industry in the woreda includes 10 grain mills. There were 10 Farmers Associations with 6300 members and 4 Farmers Service Cooperatives with 5145 members. Jimma Rare has 35 kilometers of all-weather road, for an average of road density of 102.6 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. About 12% of the total population has access to drinking water.

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 55,580, of whom 27,392 were men and 28,188 were women; 8,633 or 15.53% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 55.91% reporting that as their religion, while 38.49% observed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 3.57% observed traditional beliefs, and 1.47% were Moslem.

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