 A total of 37,193 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.25 persons to a household, and 36,006 housing units.The majority of the inhabitants said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 55.52% reporting that as their religion, while 44.38% of the population were Muslim.The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 125,126 in 28,461 households, of whom 62,036 were men and 63,090 were women; 5,509 or 4.4% of its population were urban dwellers.