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The Suri are an agro-pastoral people and inhabit part of the South western Ethiopia of West Omo Zone Suri woreda in Ethiopia,while the other groups live partly in neighbouring South Sudan. [3] The Suri population was 20,622 in 1998 (census est.) [3] and ca. 32,000 in 2016. The Suri are culturally similarly related to the Mursi. [4]
According to the 2007 national census, there are 11,500 Mursi, 848 of whom live in urban areas; of the total number, 92.25% live in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR). [3] Surrounded by mountains between the Omo River and its tributary the Mago, the home of the Mursi is one of the most isolated regions of the country.
High points include Mt shologoy or (Mountain Naita)(2560 meters) on the Ethiopian-South Sudanese border. According to a 2004 report, Suri woreda had 26 kilometers of dry-weather roads, for an average road density of 5 kilometers per 1000 square kilometers. [2] This lack of roads means remote locations are accessible only by air.
West Omo or Mirab Omo is a Zone in the Ethiopian South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region. [1] West Omo is located at Ethiopia’s southern margin, where Maji and Surma woredas are bordering Kenya, encompassing the area to the west of the Omo River. The area is dominantly inhabited by the Dizi, Suri and Me'enit communities. [2]
The Murle are a Surmic ethnic group inhabiting the Pibor County and Boma area in Greater Pibor Administrative Area, South Sudan, as well as parts of southwestern Ethiopia. They have also been referred as Beir by the Dinka and as Jebe by the Luo and Nuer, among others. The Murle speak the Murle language, which is part of the Surmic language family.
The Baale language, Baleesi or Baalesi is a Surmic language spoken by the Baale or Zilmamo people of Ethiopia, and by the Kachepo of South Sudan. [2] It is a member of the southwest branch of the Surmic cluster; [3] the self-name of the language and the community is Suri, which is the same as that of the Suri language, [4] evoking an ethnonym that embraces the Tirma, Chai (or T'id), and Baale ...
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Ethiopia's population is highly diverse, containing over 80 different ethnic groups. Most people in Ethiopia speak Afro-Asiatic languages, mainly of the Cushitic and Semitic branches. The former includes the Oromo and Somali, and the latter includes the Amhara and Tigray. Together these four groups make up three-quarters of the population.