 A total of 34,999 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.14 persons to a household, and 33,604 housing units.The majority of the inhabitants said they practiced Orthodox Tewahedo, with 83.59% reporting that as their religion, while 16.37% of the population were Muslim.The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 193,616 in 47,189 households, of whom 96,754 were men and 96,862 were women; 2,068 or 1.07% of its population were urban dwellers.