[2] Before 1960, the only water available during the dry season in the woreda were the Werder wells and those in its vicinity: Welwel, Gerlogube, Afyerado, Ubatale, Wafdug and Yo'ub.
[Geri Koombe]Ogaden, Dhulbahante, Majeerteen and Habar Yoonis pastoralists watered from these wells.
In the years after 1960 the construction of private birkas (underground concrete water tanks), which greatly increased after 1970.
According to Human Rights Watch, in late May and June 2007, the Ethiopian army and Regional authorities armed forces forced the inhabitants of numerous villages within a 60-kilometer radius of the administrative center, including Aado (Caado), Arowela, Daratoole, Dhurwaa-Hararaf, Lahelow, Neef-Kuceliye, Qamuuda, Ubatale, Wa’di, Ubatale, Wafdug and Yo'ub.
[4] Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 58,035, of whom 32,743 are men and 25,292 women.