[2] Reports of the parts of the Somali Region affected by flash floods in 2006 use the DPPA's description of the Gode woreda.
Gode was very severely affected, and losses reported for this woreda include 10 deaths 333 hectares of cropland ruined.
[3] Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 109,718, of whom 62,102 are men and 47,616 women.
[6] Although Gode is mainly arid, the crops grown in this woreda include maize, vegetables such as peppers, tomatoes, carrots, and fruits such as mango, papaw, guava, banana and lemon along the Shebelle.
[7] Gode is estimated to have a cattle population of 352,000, 244,350 sheep, 135,000 goats, and 45,000 camels and horses combined.