Nogob has 9 woredas: Fik, Segeg, Garbo, Lagahida, Salehad, Hamero, Dihun, Meyumuluku, Qubi, and Goljano.

However, constant administrative hurdles and intimidation towards MSF staff prevented the organization from providing an effective level of medical care, which ultimately caused MSF to withdraw from the Zone in July of the next year.

[2] Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this Zone has a total population of 1,000,000 - 1,100,000 of whom 560,000 are men and 430,478 women.

[4] According to a May 24, 2004 World Bank memorandum, none of the inhabitants of Nogob have access to electricity, this zone has a road density of 0.0 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers, the average rural household has 1.5 hectare of land (compared to the national average of 1.01 hectare of land and an average of 2.25 for pastoral Regions)[5] and the equivalent of 1.2 heads of livestock.

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