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I n v e s t i n S i d a m a Z o n e ! Sidama zone covers 6972.1 square kilometer And lies between 6.14-7.18 latitude and 37.92to 39.19 longitudes,with an elevation ranging 501-3000 meters above see level. The zone is divided in 19 Woredas with a total population of 3019442 (2007). Regarding the Agro – Ecology of the zone, out of the total land size 26.8% is kolla, 45.49% Weinadega and 27.71% Dega. The annual mean temperature of the zone ranges between 10.1-27o c and the annual mean rainfall ranges 801- 1600 mm. According to the land utilization data of the region, 50.67% is cultivated land, 17.57% grazing land, 6.51% forest bushes and shrub land, 17.84 % cultivable, and the remaining 7.41% is covered by others. Sidama zone has a total length of 1173.8 km. all weather road , of the total length 96.5 km. is tarmac road 857 km graveled and 52 km is partially graveled. Sidama zone ranks first in the region, by coffee production. Annually, more than twenty thousand ton