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Zone average of 63.76 persons per square kilometer. A total of 36,072 households were counted in this woreda, resulting in an average of 4.73 persons to a household, and 34,901 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants practiced
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or hops, and 2.56 in fruit trees. 79.8% of the farmers both raise crops and livestock, while 15.4% only grow crops and 4.75% only raise livestock. uu
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