▁other ▁primary ▁languages ▁reported . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁were ▁Muslim , ▁with ▁ 8 1 . 8 3 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁having ▁reported ▁they ▁pract iced ▁that ▁belief , ▁while ▁ 1 6 . 9 4 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁prof essed ▁Eth iop ian ▁Orth odox ▁Christian ity ▁and ▁ 1 . 0 4 % ▁were ▁Protest ant . ▁▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁national ▁census ▁reported ▁a ▁total ▁population ▁for ▁this ▁zone ▁of ▁ 1 , 2 1 7 , 8 6 4 ▁in ▁ 2 5 0 , 5 8 6 ▁households , ▁of ▁whom ▁ 6 0 3 , 8 9 5 ▁were ▁men ▁and ▁ 6 1 3 , 9 6 9 ▁women ; ▁ 1 3 0 , 3 0 7 ▁or ▁ 1 0 . 7 % ▁of ▁its ▁population ▁were ▁urban ▁dwell ers ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁four ▁largest ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁reported ▁in ▁B ale ▁were ▁the ▁O rom o ▁( 8 8 . 9 3 % ), ▁the ▁Am h ara ▁( 7 . 6 5 % ), ▁the ▁Som ali ▁( 1 . 3 9 % ), ▁and ▁the ▁Sid ama ▁( 0 . 8 8 % ); ▁all ▁other ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁made ▁up ▁ 1 . 1 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁A fa an ▁O rom o ▁was ▁spoken ▁as ▁a ▁first ▁language ▁by ▁ 8 7 . 5 %, ▁ 9 . 5 % ▁Am har ic , ▁ 1 .