[2] The Karamara mountain to the west of the city of Jijiga were thoroughly mined during the Ogaden War, and there are still dangerous areas which have been marked off limits.
[4] Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 277,560, of whom 149,292 are men and 128,268 women.
[5] This diverse woreda is primarily inhabited by the Somali the Gadabursi, Ogaden, Abaskuul, Bartire and Yabare subclans of the Jidwaq, Geri Koombe, Habr Awal and Garhajis of the Isaaq and Sheekhaal.
Of the 39.37 square kilometers of private land surveyed, 81.21% was under cultivation, 10.6% pasture, 3.72% fallow, and 1.8% was devoted to other uses; the percentage in woodland is missing.
For the land under cultivation in Jijiga, 66.08% is planted in cereals like teff, sorghum and maize, 1.61% in pulses, 1.61% in root crops, and 0.07% in vegetables.