Part of the Debub Gondar Zone, Simada is bordered on the southeast by the Bashilo River which separates it from the Debub Wollo Zone, on the southwest by the Abay River which separates it from the Misraq Gojjam Zone, on the west by Misraq Este, on the north by Lay Gayint, and on the northeast by Tach Gayint.

[2] Local officials announced 3 March 2009 that a number of health stations were under construction at six locations.

The cost for these facilities was over eight million Birr provided by the Ethiopian Federal government, the woreda and GTZ, a German non-governmental organization.

The majority of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 86.92% reporting that as their religion, while 13.03% of the population said they were Muslim.

The majority of the population practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity with 84.81% professing this belief, while 15.09% of the population said they were Muslim, giving Simada the largest concentration of Muslims in this Zone, either in percentage or total numbers.