sentences:  A total of 50,478 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.49 persons to a household, and 49,078 housing units.The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 95.26% reporting that as their religion, while 4.72% of the population said they were Muslim.The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 193,683 in 44,142 households, of whom 98,249 were men and 95,434 were women; 4,761 or 2.46% of its population were urban dwellers.