Dihun is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Fiq Zone, Dihun is bordered on the south by the Gode Zone, on the west by the Shebelle River which separates it from the Oromia Region, on the northwest by Hamero, on the northeast by Segeg, and on the east by the Degehabur Zone. The major town in Dihun is Geresley. Woreda (also spelled wereda) is an administrative sub-division, or local government, of Ethiopia, equivalent to a district. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Somali region. ... Fiq is one of nine Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. ... Gode is one of nine Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. ... The Shebelle River (with numerous spelling variations, including Shabele and Shabell, sometimes with Wabe or Webi prepended, Shabeelle in Somalia) begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Oromia region. ...

This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Darod clan of the Somali people. Main article: Somali clan Darod (Somali language: Daarood) is a Somali clan. ... The Somalis are an ethnic group located in the northeast portion of the Africa adjacent to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. ...

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 34,772, of whom 15,964 were males and 18,808 were females; 1,715 or 4.93% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 11.6%. Information is not available on the area of Dihun, so its density cannot be calculated.^[1] The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. ...

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