Chefe Golana Dewerahmedo

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The Chefe Valley, Kemise on the right side in the background and the Borkenna River in the middle.

Chefe Golana Dewerahmedo is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Oromia Zone, Chefe Golana Dewerahmedo is bordered on the south by Artuma Fursina Jile, on the southwest by the Semien Shewa Zone, on the west by the Debub Wollo Zone, on the north by Bati, and on the east by the Afar Region. Towns in Chefe Golana Dewerahmedo include Bora and Kemise.

Elevations in Chefe Golana Dewerahmedo range between 1000 to 2000 meters above sea level. The paved highway connecting Addis Ababa with towns as far north as Adigrat passes through this woreda. Notable rivers include the Borkana, whose swampy valley is used as a grazing area for about 100,000 cattle, 60,000 of which come from outside of the Oromia Zone.^[1]

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 226,523, of whom 112,732 were males and 113,791 were females; 9.28% or 21,031 of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 10.8%. With an estimated area of 1,212.03 square kilometers, Chefe Golana Dewerahmedo has an estimated population density of 186.9 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 144.12.^[2] This woreda was settled by the Wollo Oromo during the 16th century, who are the predominant ethnic group, while the Argobba who were the original population of the area, are a significant minority.