▁housing ▁units . ▁The ▁three ▁largest ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁reported ▁in ▁North ▁She wa ▁were ▁the ▁Am h ara ▁( 9 0 . 7 3 % ), ▁the ▁O rom o ▁( 7 . 1 4 % ), ▁and ▁the ▁Arg ob ba ▁( 1 . 7 1 % ); ▁all ▁other ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁made ▁up ▁ 0 . 4 2 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁Am har ic ▁is ▁spoken ▁as ▁a ▁first ▁language ▁by ▁ 9 2 . 9 7 %, ▁and ▁ 6 . 3 2 % ▁spoke ▁O rom iff a ; ▁the ▁remaining ▁ 0 . 7 1 % ▁spoke ▁all ▁other ▁primary ▁languages ▁reported . ▁ 9 4 . 7 1 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁said ▁they ▁pract iced ▁Eth iop ian ▁Orth odox ▁Christian ity , ▁and ▁ 4 . 9 1 % ▁were ▁Muslim . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁national ▁census ▁reported ▁a ▁total ▁population ▁for ▁this ▁Zone ▁of ▁ 1 , 5 6 0 , 9 1 6 ▁in ▁ 3 4 0 , 4 1 3 ▁households , ▁of ▁whom ▁ 7 8 4 , 2 0 7 ▁were ▁men ▁and ▁ 7 7 6 , 7 0 9 ▁women ; ▁ 1 4 6 , 9 5 2 ▁or ▁ 9 . 4 1 % ▁of ▁its ▁population ▁were ▁urban ▁dwell ers ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁three ▁largest ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁reported ▁in ▁North ▁She wa ▁were ▁the ▁Am h ara ▁( 9 3 . 8 7