Part of the West Welega Zone, Dale Lalo was bordered on the south by the Illubabor Zone, on the west by Gawo Dale, on the north by Ayra Guliso, on the northeast by Yubdo, and on the east by Nole Kaba.
A survey of the land in Dale Lalo shows that 46.53% is cultivated or arable, 15.96% pasture, 5.1% forest, and 32.4% infrastructure or other uses.
[2] Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 132,554, of whom 67,743 are men and 64,811 are women; 7,741 or 5.84% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 10.9%.
With an estimated area of 1,089.22 square kilometers, Dale Lalo has an estimated population density of 121.7 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 91.7.
The majority of the inhabitants were Protestant, with 41.98% reporting that as their religion, while 41.14% observed Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 15.52% were Muslim and 1.06% Catholic.