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The largest ethnic group reported in West Gojjam was the Amhara (99.42%); all other ethnic groups made up 0.52% of the population. Amharic is spoken as a first language by 99.43%; the remaining 0.57% spoke all other primary languages reported. 98.68% of the population said they practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity , and 1.19% were Muslim .
The regions of Ethiopia are administratively divided into 62 zones (Amharic: ዞን, zonə), (Oromo: Godina). [1] The exact number of zones is unclear, as the names and number of zones given in documents by Ethiopia's Central Statistical Agency differ between 2005 [1] and 2007. [2]
While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural, linguistic, or religious factors for classification. Ethnic groups may be subdivided into subgroups, which ...
English: Clickable map of the regions and zones of Ethiopia. Originally based on boundaries used in UNOCHA 27 March 2013 map (new URL, archive link).. Updated on 6 November 2017 to reflect Afar Zone 1 change in UNOCHA 5 January 2015 Map (new URL, archive link) (border now diverts around Kurri woreda instead of cuts across).
The Awi live in Agew Awi Zone west of Mirab Gojjam and have a few communities in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region. The Awi people are composed of seven subgroups, called Ankäša, Azäna, Chara, Qʷaqura, Banʤa, Zigän and Mätäkäl ( አንከሻ ፣ አዛና ፣ ጫራ ፣ ቋቁራ ፣ ባንጃ ፣ ዚገን ፣ and ...
The official population count of the various ethnic groups in Africa is highly uncertain due to limited infrastructure to perform censuses, and due to rapid population growth. Some groups have alleged that there is deliberate misreporting in order to give selected ethnicities numerical superiority (as in the case of Nigeria's Hausa, Fulani ...
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The 1994 national census reported a total population for this woreda of 194,942, of whom 97,601 were men and 97,341 were women; 24,572 or 12.6% of its population were urban dwellers. The largest ethnic group reported in Jabi Tehnan was the Amhara (99.61%). Amharic was spoken as a first language by 99.7%.