Ginde Beret

Ginde Beret (Afan Oromo: Gindabarat) is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the West Shewa Zone, Ginde Beret is bordered on the south by Jeldu, on the southwest by Ambo, on the west by the Guder River which separates it from the Horo Guduru Welega Zone, on the north by the Abay River which separates it from the Amhara Region, on the east by the Muger River which separates it from the North Shewa Zone, and on the southeast by Meta Robi. The major town in Gindeberet is Kachise (also called Kachisi). Abuna Gindeberet woreda was separated from Ginde Beret.

Overview

This woreda is divided into two agro-ecological zones, locally called badda-daree, or mid-land, which comprises 40% of the total area and has an altitude ranging between 1500 and 2604 meters above sea level, and gammojjii, or low-lands, which comprises 60% and has an altitude between 1000 and 2500 meters; the badda-daree zone is much cooler and receives more rainfall than the gammojjii. The cultivated area covers 40.8% of the woreda (of which 32.7% of the total area is planted in annual crops), while 36.1% is pasture, 1.3% forest, 9% shrubland, 8.8% degraded on non-arable land, 2% is covered by bodies of water, and all other categories of land makes up the remaining 2%.