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Image credits: Daniel Kordan When preparing for his trip—both in terms of technical equipment and cultural understanding—Kordan packed a lightweight yet versatile kit: a high-resolution Nikon ...
They principally reside in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, close to the border with South Sudan. 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]
The Oromo people (Oromo: Oromoo, pron. / ˈ ɒr əm oʊ / ORR-əm-oh [11]; Amharic: ኦሮሞ) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya. [12] They speak the Oromo language (also called Afaan Oromoo ), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family . [ 12 ]
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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 ...
The Oromo people are an ethnic group who predominantly inhabit Oromia in Ethiopia, along with communities in neighboring Kenya and Somalia. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] They are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and the wider Horn of Africa ; according to a 2007 census, [ 29 ] they make up about 34.5% of Ethiopia's population, and others estimate that they ...
The Hamar people (also spelled Hamer) are a community inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia. They live in Hamer woreda (or district), a fertile part of the Omo River valley, in the Debub Omo Zone of the former South Ethiopia Regional State (SERS). They are largely pastoralists, so their culture places a high value on cattle.
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), the SNNPR regional state had an estimated total population of 14,929,548, of whom 7,425,918 were men and 7,503,630 women. 13,433,991 or 89.98% of the population are estimated to be rural inhabitants, while 1,495,557 or 10.02% are urban; this makes the SNNPR ...