Menjiwo

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Menjiwo is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. The name Menjiwo is derived from the province Manjo of the Kingdom of Kaffa; however, the province of Manjo lay within the boundaries of neighboring Ginbo, while Menjiwo occupies the lands of the Gallo province of the former kingdom.

Part of the Keficho Shekicho Zone, Menjiwo is bordered on the south by Telo, on the west by Ginbo, on the north by the Gojeb River which separates it from the Oromia Region, and on the east by the Semien Omo Zone. The major town in Menjiwo is Adiya Kaka.

The woreda covers part of the homeland of the Kafficho people.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 101,288, of whom 51,851 were males and 49,437 were females; 2,075 or 2.05% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 9.7%. With an estimated area of 1,054.22 square kilometers, Menjiwo has an estimated population density of 96.1 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 81.9.^[1]

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