Land use land cover pattern of a region is an outcome of natural and socio-economic factorsrnand their utilization by man in time and space. Land is becoming a scarce resource due tornimmense agricultural and demographic pressure. In this study the land use land coverrndynamics and modelling in post-resettlement areas of Gubalfto Woreda have been underrntaken. This study aims to examine and analyze the spatial and temporal variations of landrnuse land cover conditions and model trends of change using cellular automata model byrnassessing the historical patterns of land use land cover in past 32 years and determining therntrend, nature, rate, location and magnitudes of the changes. The study also looks the futurernland use land cover change. To serve these objectives, field survey, field data collection,1973rnMSS,1986 TM and 2006 image, topographic maps and Arial photo were used. In additionrnslope, proximity to road, altitude, rain fall, population density, settlement, water body, andrnforest parameters were used to run the CA-Markov model and to predict the future land usernland cover changes. The result of the work shows a reduction by 2 % in settlement and by 4 %rnin agriculture between 1973 and 1986.While the periods between 1986 and 2005 shows anrnincrease in agriculture by 62.5% and settlement by 46%. The trend and rate by which landrnuse land cover has changed also shows that there are reduction in agriculture and settlementrnbetween 1973 and 1986 by2.6 km2 and1.5 km2 per year, respectively. This was because of thern1984/85 resettlement program large number of people leaves their settlement andrnagricultural land. Whereas, between 1986 and 2005 agriculture and settlement increased byrn3.29 km2 and 2.41 km2 per year than the other classes. This change is because the settlersrnreturned to their origin after resettlement program has passed. Therefore, agriculture andrnsettlements are the main drivers of land use land cover change, which are in turn directrnconsequences of population growth. It was also observed that the predicted land use classesrnby 2020 may likely follow the same trend as that of 1986/2005, which means there is anrnincrease in agriculture by 23.5% and settlement by 92% from 2005 but the forest coveragernincrease by 146 %. The rate of change in 2020 will be increased in agriculture and settlementrnby 5.4 km2 and by 5 km2 per year and bush land will decrease by 10 km2 per year. Hence,rnresettlement has a direct relation with land use land cover change and dynamics.rnKey words: Land use /land cover, Resettlement, CA_Markov model, MCE.