sentences:  The majority of the inhabitants said they were Protestant, with 74.42% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 11.24% of the population practiced traditional beliefs, 5.85% practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 5.81% were Muslim and 1.4% were Catholic.Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, the not yet divided woreda (including today`s woredas of Bule Hora, Dugda Dawa and Kercha) had an estimated total population of 546,456, of whom 269,727 were men and 276,729 were women; 22,784 or 4.17% of its population were urban dwellers, which was less than the Zone average of 11.6%.With an estimated area of 6,021.88 square kilometers, Hagere Mariam Woreda had an estimated population density of 90.7 people per square kilometer, which was greater than the Zone average of 21.1.