It is a part of the Wolayita Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Damot Weyde is bordered on the south by Hobicha, on the west by Sodo Zuria, on the northwest by Damot Gale, on the north and northeast by Diguna Fango woredas.

[1] Prior to the Ethiopian 2005 General Elections, Amnesty International reports that two activists for the Coalition for Unity and Democracy were arrested while campaigning in this woreda towards the end of February 2005.

Amnesty International included this incident as part of a series of government intimidation of opposition party activists.

The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 70.03% of the population reporting that belief, 24.08% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 4.51% were Catholic, and 1.06% were Muslim.

Concerning religious beliefs, the 1994 census reported that 63.73% of the population said they were Protestants, 26.86% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 4.17% were Roman Catholic, and 3.36% were Muslim.