[1] Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this district has a total population of 48,879, of whom 26,150 are men and 22,729 women.

Building of the second school came after The Netherlands donated funds for constructing College the Somali regional state of Ethiopia in 1994.

First Somali state of Ethiopia parliamentarians approved buildings of Shekosh college money donated by The Netherlands.

The college was planned to be the main secondary education provider for students from the nine regions in the Somali state of Ethiopia.

With the completion of one part of the college, the Netherlands left the project and the Ethiopian authority halted the original plan.