Guliso

Guliso Gullisoo (Oromo)
Town
Guliso Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9°9′51″N35°28′15″E / 9.16417°N 35.47083°E / 9.16417; 35.47083
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Oromia
Zone	West Welega Zone
Climate	Cwb

Guliso is one of the towns in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is located in West Welega Zone. Guliso is bordered on the south by Genji, on the west by Ayra, on the northeast by Boji, on the east Lalo Asabi

Guliso town is the administrative seat of Guliso district. Other towns in Guliso woreda Dilla and Cheliya Yeka.

The distance between the capital city of Oromia Finfinee and Guliso is around 487km.

Coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda; over 60 square kilometers are planted with this crop.

Demographics

The 2007 national census reported a total population for this Aanaa of 69,856 in 13,738 households, of whom 34,795 were men and 35,061 women; 7,867 or 11.26% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants observed Protestantism, with 88.64% reporting that as their religion, while 6.83% observed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity and 3.69% were Muslim. ^[1]

Notes

1. 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Oromia Region, Vol. 1 Archived 2011-11-13 at the Wayback Machine , Tables 2.1, 2.5, 3.4 (accessed 13 January 2012)