Aleta Wendo (woreda)

Aleta Wendo is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Sidama Zone, Aleta Wendo is bordered on the south by Dara, on the west by Chuko, on the north by Dale and Wensho, on the east by Bursa, and on the southeast by Hula. The administrative center is Aleta Wendo. Chuko woreda was separated from Aleta Wendo.

A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 72% is arable or cultivable, 12.9% pasture, 7% forest, and the remaining 8% is considered swampy, degraded or otherwise unusable. Important cash crops include corn, wheat, barley, horse beans, haricot beans, local varieties of cabbage, and shallots. Landmarks include six megalithic sites, which contain a total of 74 steles. According to a 2004 report, Aleta Wendo had 25 kilometers of asphalt roads, 88 kilometers of all-weather roads and 30 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 252 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers.

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 188,976, of whom 96,640 are men and 92,336 women; 22,093 or 11.69% of its population are urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 72.78% of the population reporting that belief, 7.38% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 3.91% were Muslim, 3.65% were Catholic, and 3.54% observed traditional religions.

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