 The administrative center of this woreda is Addi Daero; other towns in La'ilay Adiyabo include Addi Nebreid.Two battles of the Ethiopian Civil War were fought in or near Addi Nebreid by rival groups rebelling against the Derg regime.In July 1976, 500 soldiers of the Ethiopian Democratic Union were surrounded and defeated near Addi Nebreid by an armed group of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) under Mehari Tekle ("Mussie").