Part of the Sidama Zone, Arbegona is bordered on the south by Bona Zuria, on the southwest by Bursa, on the northwest by Gorche, on the north by the Oromia Region, and on the east by Bensa.
The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 88.91% of the population reporting that belief, 6.48% observed traditional religions, 2.36% were Muslim, and 1.68% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.
58.09% of the population said they were Protestants, 32.68% observed traditional religions, 2.73% were Muslim, and 2.66% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.
[3] Concerning education, 13.16% of the population were considered literate; statistics on school attendance in this woreda are missing.
Concerning sanitary conditions, about 8.58% of the urban houses and 14.92% of all houses had access to safe drinking water at the time of the census, while about 52.22% of the urban and 5.06% of the total had toilet facilities.