 Woreda of Anchar was separated from Guba Koricha.Although coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda, less than 20 square kilometers are planted with this crop.The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 122,335, of whom 62,633 were men and 59,702 were women; 2,875 or 2.35% of its population were urban dwellers.