Part of the Gode Zone, Ferfer is bordered on the west by Mustahil, on the north by the Korahe Zone, and on the east and south by the Provisional Administrative Line with Somalia.
The average elevation in this woreda is 422 meters above sea level.
[2] The October 2007 flooding by the Shebelle River displaced approximately 5,000 people in this woreda, and devastated kebeles that had not been affected in the worst flooding of 2006.
[3] Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 38,984, of whom 21,225 are men and 17,759 women.
The largest ethnic group reported in Ferfer was the Somali (99.99%).