sentences:  The October 2007 flooding by the Shebelle River displaced approximately 5,000 people in this woreda, and devastated kebeles that had not been affected in the worst flooding of 2006.Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 38,984, of whom 21,225 are men and 17,759 women.While 5,717 or 14.67% are urban inhabitants, a further 20,251 or 51.95% are pastoralists.