the 2007 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 69,856 in 13,738 households, of whom 34,795 were men and 35,061 were women; 7,867 or 11.26% of its population were urban dwellers. the majority of the inhabitants observed protestantism, with 88.64% reporting that as their religion, while 6.83% observed ethiopian orthodox christianity and 3.69% were muslim.