sentences:  99.48% of the population said they were Muslim.This woreda is inhabited by the Ogaden clans of the Somali people, although the southwestern half is the homeland of the Hawiye clan.The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 65,609, of whom 38,499 were men and 27,110 were women; 6,527 or 9.95% of its population were urban dwellers.