 Woreda officials announced the following year that health station, nine health posts, 16 spring waters, four farmers training centers and 45 kilometers of road were completed at a cost of 8 million Birr.The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 202,716, of whom 99,896 were men and 102,820 were women; 14,384 or 7.1% of its population were urban dwellers.The majority of the inhabitants said they practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 49.89% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 36.94% of the population were Protestant, and 12.8% practiced traditional religions.