sentences:  A total of 48,109 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.01 persons to a household, and 46,247 housing units.The majority of the inhabitants were Muslim, with 76.84% reporting that as their religion, while 22.95% of the population said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 168,172 in 37,741 households, of whom 83,389 were men and 84,783 were women; 12,772 or 7.59% of its population were urban dwellers.