[2] Into the early 1990s inhabitants of this woreda would temporarily migrate to places like Harar, Wonji, Welkite, Negele Arsi, Shashamene, and Wondo Genet to look for work.
Migrants went to Metahara and the Wonji Sugar Plantation to work as day laborers cutting sugarcane.
They migrated to Alaba Kulito in April, March, December, January and July to harvest or plant peppers for farmers.
The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 76.48% of the population reporting that belief, 11.18% were Catholic, 9.91% were Muslim, and 1.7% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.
The majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 57.24% of the population reporting that belief, while 24.9% were Muslim, 8.8% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and 8.03% were Catholic.