A part of the Gamo Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Arba Minch Zuria is bordered on the south by the Dirashe special woreda, on the west by Bonke, on the north by Dita and Chencha, on the northeast by Mirab Abaya, on the east by the Oromia Region, and on the southeast by the Amaro special woreda.
This woreda also includes portions of two lakes and their islands, Abaya found in Lante kebele and Chamo found in all Ganta Kanchama Ochole (Sile Sira) and Zeyise kebeles.
[1] Arba Minch Zuria was selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2004 as one of several woredas for voluntary resettlement for farmers from overpopulated areas, becoming the new home for a total of 3,754 heads of households and 15,016 total family members.
[2] Heavy rains on the nights of 21–22 May 2005 caused the Sile and Sego Rivers to burst their banks, which displaced over 12,000 farmers.
An unknown number of livestock were killed and an extensive area of crop fields destroyed.