Gulina is one of the

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, or ''woredas'', in the Afar Region of

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. Part of the Administrative Zone 4, Gulina is located near the base of the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian highlands, and bordered on the south by

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, on the west by the Amhara Region, on the north by

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, on the northeast by

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, and on the east by

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. The administrative center of Gulina, and Zone 4, is Kaluwan The highest peak in this woreda is the active volcano

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(613 meters). Rivers include the Fokissa, Galbate, and Gulina Rivers. Gulina has one of the higher rates of tree cover of any woreda in the Afar Region—4.2%. , Gulina has 123 kilometers of all-weather road; about 29% of the total population has access to drinking water. However, the all-weather road would be more useful there were also a bridge over the Gulina river; local merchants complain that they had to transport goods on the shoulders of people over the river, which increased the cost of every quintal of goods by 8 Birr.

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the

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of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 49,794, of whom 28,259 are men and 21,535 women; with an area of 805.40 square kilometers, Gulina has a population density of 61.83. While 3,925 or 7.88% are urban inhabitants, a further 22,300 or 44.78% are pastoralists. A total of 7,552 households were counted in this woreda, which results in an average of 6.6 persons to a household, and 7,820 housing units. 99.54% of the population said they were

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.Census 2007 Tables: Afar Region
Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4.

References

Districts of Afar Region {{Afar-geo-stub