Six of its seven woredas are located along the banks of the Shebelle river, which flows out of the highlands through the Zone and into Somalia.

Shabelle is characterised by an "extensive flat to gently sloping topography" that accounts for about 94% of the Zone’s total area.

Shabelle Zone has ten woredas which consists of: Gode, Kelafo, Mustahīl, Ferfer, Adadle, Imi, Danan, Beercaano, Elele and Abaaqarow.

Al-Nejah Relief, CHF International began a program to restore and dig shallow wells and improve sanitation habits in the Gode and Afder Zones of the Somali Region.

[2] Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this Zone has a total population of 464,253, of whom 258,558 are men and 205,695 women.

[7] For the Somali Region, the CSA generated estimated figures for the livestock population (cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and equids) and their distribution by commissioning an aerial survey.