sentences:  The Shebelle River burst its banks in November 2008, and affected 17 kebeles in West Imi, damaging crops on 3,200 hectares of farmland.Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 48,104, of whom 27,067 are men and 21,037 women.While 7,897 or 16.42% are urban inhabitants, a further 10,811 or 22.47% are pastoralists.