Masela (Aanaa)

Mesela (officially: Shanan dhugo) is a woreda in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Part of the West Hararghe Zone, Mesela is bordered on the southwest by the Galetti River which separates it from Chiro, on the northwest by Tulo, and on the east by the East Hararghe Zone. Towns in Mesela include Goro Reye and Mesela.

Coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda; over 50 square kilometers are planted with this crop.[1] Coffee grown in Mesela is well known for its high quality.[2]

  1. ^ "Coffee Production" Oromia Coffee Cooperative Union website
  2. ^ "Hararghe farmers on the cross-roads between subsistence and cash economy", UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia report, dated September 1998 (accessed 4 January 2009)