Yem is bordered on the west and north by the Oromia Region, and separated from Gurage on the northeast and Hadiya on the east by the Omo River.The form of subsistence agriculture practiced in this zone is based on cereal and enset.Important cash crops include teff, wheat, barley and pulses.Other important non-agricultural sources of income include selling butter and remittances.[2] Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this zone has a total population of 80,687, of whom 40,566 are men and 40,121 women; with an area of 647.90 square kilometers, Yem has a population density of 124.54.