sentences:  This woreda was part of the Borena Zone until it, along with four other woredas, were split off in September 2003 to create the Guji Zone.The 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 138,813, of whom 70,130 were men and 68,683 were women; 1,385 or 1% of its population were urban dwellers.The majority of the inhabitants said they were Muslim, with 59.45% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 21.07% of the population practiced traditional beliefs, 15.61% were Protestant, and 1.73% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.