Situated on the banks of the seasonal Segen River, the town of Karat-Konso , has roughly 3,000-4,000 inhabitants. It is perched at an elevation of 1,650m and is far from Arba Minch by 90km.
Konso region is full of rugged land which is predominantly composed of many hills. Through time the people have devised their own mechanism of retaining their fertile soil by developing complex and yet entirely their own, terracing system. The people are so hard working that one can hardly see untraced hill. They grow sorghum, wheat, barley, maize, peas, beans, bananas, and cotton, tobacco, coffee and root plants