sentences:  The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 97.5% reporting that as their religion, while 2.5% of the population said they were Muslim.The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 183,589 in 35,155 households, of whom 93,991 were men and 89,598 women; 8,410 or 4.58% of its population were urban dwellers at the time.The two largest ethnic groups reported in Wegera were the Amhara (90.48%), and the Qemant (9.24%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.28% of the population.