Dawro people
 Dawro traditional colours | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 492,742 (2007) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Ethiopia | |
| Languages | |
| Dawragna language | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional religion, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Gamo, Gofa, Welayta, Kafficho |
The Dawro are a people of south-western Ethiopia, also known as the Omete or Kullo. They speak the Dawragna language. They are named after the ancient region of Dawaro.[1]
During the nineteenth century, the Dawro lived in an independent state known as the Kingdom of Dawro. In 2000, the Dawro Zone was split off from the former Semien Omo Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region. It consists of the woredas of Isara Tocha, Loma Bosa, and Mareka Gena.
References
[edit]- ^ Cerulli, Ernesta. Peoples of South-west Ethiopia and Its Borderland Volume 5, Part 3. International African Institute. p. 97.
- Ethnologue
- Freeman, Dena; Pankhurst, Alula (2003). Peripheral people: the excluded minorities of Ethiopia. The Red Sea Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-56902-167-5.
- World Statesmen.org
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