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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 ...
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] West Omo Zone has ...
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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 ...
The region dissolved when Sidama Region, Southwest Ethiopia Region, South Ethiopia Regional State and Central Ethiopia Regional State emerged independently. In June 2020, following the formation of the Sidama Region the region's capital Hawassa is located outside of the boundaries of the region.
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On 9 October 2021, the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) released the results of the referendum. In a turnout of nearly 94%, voters decisively approved the proposed new regional state. [1] The result meant that South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region became the country's 11th regional state, after it was approved by the House of Federation.
A 2000 map of the regions and zones of Ethiopia showing the North Omo zone in the SNNPR A map of the regions and zones of Ethiopia since 2023. The SNNPR region is now 4 new regional states. North Omo Zone (Amharic: ሰሜን ኦሞ) was a zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia.