 With an area of 937.32 square kilometers, Dessie Zuriya has a population density of 168.22, which is greater than the Zone average of 147.58 persons per square kilometer.A total of 35,437 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.45 persons to a household, and 34,524 housing units.The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 98.51% reporting that as their religion, while 1.39% of the population said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.