Gulina (woreda)

Gulina is one of the Districts of Ethiopia, or woredas, in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 4, Gulina is located near the base of the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian highlands, and bordered on the south by Ewa, on the west by the Amhara Region, on the north by Yalo, on the northeast by Teru, and on the east by Aura. The administrative center of Gulina, and Zone 4, is Kaluwan

The highest peak in this woreda is the active volcano Dalaffilla (613 meters). Rivers include the Fokissa, Galbate, and Gulina Rivers. Gulina has one of the higher rates of tree cover of any woreda in the Afar Region—4.2%.[1] As of 2008, Gulina has 123 kilometers of all-weather road; about 29% of the total population has access to drinking water.[2] However, the all-weather road would be more useful there were also a bridge over the Gulina river; local merchants complain that they had to transport goods on the shoulders of people over the river, which increased the cost of every quintal of goods by 8 Birr.[3]

  1. ^ Hailu Ejara Kene, Baseline Survey of 55 Weredas of PCDP Phase II, Part I Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine (Addis Ababa: August 2008), Annex 1
  2. ^ Hailu Ejara Kene, Baseline Survey, Annexes 16, 17
  3. ^ "Social Analysis and Indigenous Livelihood Strategies in Afar Pastoral Communities" Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine (Addis Ababa: Pastoral Community Development Project website, 2005), p. 63