Home Pilot Learning Weredas Metema
Pilot Learning Weredas
Atsbi Wenberta
Alamata
Metema
Fogera
Ada'a Liben
Mieso
Alaba
Dale
Bure
Goma

Metema Wereda   

Description Unit Amount
Land area Km2 3995.0
Population - total No. 73193.0
Female No. 33875.0
Male No. 40030.0
Population density No./km 18.5
No of kebelles - total No.  
Urban No.  
Rural No.  
households - total No. 10979
Female No. 1460
Male No. 9519
Livestock
Cattle No. 103756
Sheep No. 4956.0
Goats No. 29863.0
Horses No. 0
Donkeys No. 7009.0
Mules No. 106.0
Camels No. 446.0
Poultry No. 92068.0
Beehives No. 4096.0
Soil type1- Vertic Cambisol (ortic)
Haplic Luvisols (orthic)    
Humic Nitisols (mollic)    
Eutric Vertisols (chernic)    
Altitude2 m 549-1608 (avg. 854.48)
Rainfall3 mm 853-1080 (avg. 943.69)
Temperature3 oC 22-28 (avg. 26.26)

Sources: CSA (2003), 1FAO, 2WORLDCLIMATE©, 3NASA-NGA SRTM

 Priority marketable commodities  

Crop commodities Livestock commodities
Sesame Live animals
Cotton Meat
Soya bean  

Source: RALC meeting 

File Size Format

metema (amhara)

886 KB  

IPMS Information Resources Portal - Ethiopia
Copyright © 2006 Improving Productivity and Market Success of Ethiopian Farmers
Last Modified: 6 October 2006