sentences:  The 1997 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 162,474, of whom 85,974 were men and 76,500 women; 23,725 or 14.6% of its population were urban dwellers.The largest ethnic group reported in Kebri Beyah was the Somali people with 160,785 or 99.0% of the total population being of Somali origin.A sample enumeration performed by the CSA in 2001 interviewed 17,209 farmers in this woreda, who held an average of 1.15 hectares of land.