The administrative center of this woreda is Chancho; other towns include Tumuga, Jinga Dibo, Haro Akiya, and Mine.

A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 20.6% is arable or cultivable, 21.7% pasture, 27% forest, and the remaining 30.7% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable.

[1] Coffee is another important cash crop; over 50 square kilometers are planted in it.

[2] On 26 July 2009, the woreda agriculture and rural development office reported over five million quintals of coffee were harvested in the previous fiscal year.

[3] Industry in the woreda includes quarrying and pottery works, 4 grain mills employing 10 people, as well as 195 registered businesses of whom 18.5% were wholesalers 65.6% retailers and 15.9% service providers.