Part of the Kamashi Zone, it is bordered by Kamashi woreda on the southeast, the Oromia Region on the southwest, Sirba Abbay on the northwest, the Abay River on the north (which separates it from the Metekel Zone), and by the Didessa River on the northeast (which separates it from Yaso).
This woreda is located on the southern slopes of the Didessa and Abay Rivers, with elevations ranging from approximately 2500 meters above sea level in the southwest to just under 1000 meters at the bottom of the Abay valley.
The majority of the inhabitants said they were Protestant, with 76.54% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 14.98% of the population practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 5.42% practiced traditional beliefs, and 2.44% were Catholic.
[1] Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 18,824, of whom 9,350 are men and 9,474 are women.
Concerning sanitary conditions, 7.2% of all houses had access to safe drinking water, and 3.7% had toilet facilities at the time of the census.