Dawro people
Ethnic group in southwestern Ethiopia
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The Dawro are a people of south-western Ethiopia, also known as the Omete or Kullo. They speak the Dawrotsuwa language.
| |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 492,742 (2007) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Ethiopia | |
| Languages | |
| Dawrotsuwa language | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional religion, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Gamo, Gofa, Welayta, Kafficho |
During the nineteenth century, the Dawro lived in an independent kingdom known as the Kingdom of Dawro. Today they live in the Dawro zone that consists of the woredas of Gena Bosa, Isara, Loma, Mareka and Tocha.
References
- 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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