sentences:  This diverse woreda is primarily inhabited by the Somali Somali Dir clan Akisho, clans of the Abaskuul, Bartire and Yabare subclans of the Jidwaq, the Geri, the Makahiil subclans of the Gadabursi, the Sacad Muuse subclans of the Habr Awal and the Sheekhaal.The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 269,096, of whom 138,483 were men and 130,613 were women; 73,548 or 27.33% of its population were urban dwellers.The largest ethnic group reported in Jijiga was the Somali 138,483 (99.9%).