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Until the 19th century, Aari people lived under independent chiefdoms. The divine ruler of the Aari tribal societies were called baabi.. In the late 1800s, the Omo River region was conquered by the Ethiopian Empire under Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia, which resulted in the widespread adoption of Amharic culture and the Amharic language there. [3]
The National Election Board expected to hire 18,885 people, and requested 541,270,104.82 birr to carry out the referendum. [7] 410.1 million birr was given. [16] 5,200 election observers from Ethiopia and elsewhere were expected. [15] 3,771 polling stations were set up, divided into 31 groups. [17] These are expected to see around 3 million ...
Administratively, the Kwegu live in Nyangatom district.They share an administrative district with the Nyangatom and the Murle peoples of the Lower Omo Valley. [9] This valley is a vast semi-arid region of Southwest Ethiopia with some unique features of biodiversity and a large number of distinct, indigenous agro-pastoral and fishing communities. [10]
Suri woreda is a woreda found in Western Omo Zone, in the South Western Ethiopia Peoples' Regional state of Ethiopia . It is named for Suri people, whose homeland lies largely in this woreda. Suri woreda is bordered on the south and west by South Sudan, on the northwest by the Gambela Region dimma woreda , on the north by Bero woreda, on the ...
A referendum on the creation of a South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region was held in the Keffa, Sheka, Bench Sheko, Dawro, West Omo Zones, and Konta special district of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia on 30 September 2021 in conjunction with the 2021 Ethiopian general election. [1]
Nyangatom is one of the woredas in the South Ethiopia Regional State.It is named after Nyangatom people who live at this woreda. Part of the Debub Omo Zone, Nyangatom is bordered on the south by Kuraz, on the west by the Ilemi Triangle (claimed by Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan), on the northwest by the Bench Maji Zone, on the north by Selamago, and on the east by Hamer.
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The Banna people, also Banya, are an Omotic ethnic group in Ethiopia that inhabit the Lower Omo Valley, primarily between the Weyto and Omo rivers. They live in an area between the towns of Gazer and Dimeka, with the traditional area of the Banna being divided into two ritual regions: Ailama (around Gazer) and Anno (spanning from Benata to ...