Ayra Guliso was one of the 180 Aanaas in the

Oromia Region Oromia (Amharic: ) ( om, Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. The capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa. It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benish ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. It was separated for Ayra and Guliso woredas in November 1999. Part of the

West Welega Zone West Welega Zone ( om, Wallagga Lixaa) is a zone in the western part of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. This zone is named after the former province of Welega, whose western part lay in the area West Welega now occupies. West Wellega is bordered on the ...

, Ayra Guliso was bordered on the south by

Dale Lalo Dale Lalo (also known as Dale Sedi) was one of the 180 Aanaas in the Oromia of Ethiopia. Part of the West Welega Zone, Dale Lalo was bordered on the south by the Illubabor Zone, on the west by Gawo Dale, on the north by Ayra Guliso, on the northea ...

, on the west by Gawo Dale, on the north by Jarso, on the northeast by Boji, and on the east by

Lalo Asabi Lalo Asabi is one of the 180 districts in the Oromia of Ethiopia. Part of the West Welega Zone, Lalo Asabi is bordered on the south by Yubdo, on the west by Ayra Guliso, on the north by Boji, on the east by the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, and on t ...

. The administrative center of this woreda was Guliso; other towns in Ayra Guliso included Ayra and Cheliya Yeka.

Overview

Rivers in this woreda include the Bekel. A survey of the land in Ayra Guliso shows that 60.19% is cultivated or arable, 8% pasture, 14.37% forest, and 17.46% infrastructure or other uses.

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is an important cash crop for Ayra Guliso; over 50 square kilometers is planted with this crop. There are 40 primary schools in this woreda and 4 secondary education schools.

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are provided by one hospital, one health center, four clinics, and eight health posts; most of these facilities are located in urban areas.

Demographics

Based on figures published by the

Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth ...

in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 114,120, of whom 58,012 are men and 56,108 are women; 16,178 or 14.18% of its population are urban dwellers, which is greater than the Zone average of 10.9%. With an estimated area of 989.38 square kilometers, Ayra Guliso has an estimated population density of 115.3 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 91.7. The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 80,321 in 12,410 households, of whom 39,542 were men and 40,779 were women; 9,043 or 11.26% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Ayra Guliso was the Oromo (97.95%).

Oromiffa Oromo ( or ; Oromo: ''Afaan Oromoo''), in the linguistic literature of the early 20th century also called Galla (a name with a pejorative meaning and therefore rejected by the Oromo people), is an Afroasiatic language The Afroasiatic languag ...

was spoken as a first language by 98.09%, and 1.69% spoke

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; the remaining 0.22% spoke all other primary languages reported. The majority of the inhabitants were

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, with 78.81% reporting that as their religion, while 16.07% were

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...

, and 3.9%

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.''1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region'', Vol. 1, part 1
, Tables 2.1, 2.12, 2.16, 2.20, Annex II.2 (accessed 9 April 2009)

Notes

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