 A total of 28,919 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.39 persons to a household, and 27,653 housing units.The majority of the inhabitants said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 54.69% reporting that as their religion, while 45.1% of the population were Muslim.The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 107,365 in 24,217 households, of whom 53,266 were men and 54,099 were women; 3,710 or 3.46% of its population were urban dwellers.