The Dawro are a people of south-western
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
, also known as the Omete or Kullo. They speak the
Dawragna language. They are named after the ancient region of
Dawaro
Dawaro or Doaro (Amharic: ደዋሮ) was a Muslim principality which laid near Hadiya. The state was originally independent until becoming a vassal and later a province due its subjugation by Emperor Amda Seyon I in the early 14th century. The reg ...
.
During the nineteenth century, the Dawro lived in an independent state known as the Kingdom of Dawro. In 2000, the
Dawro Zone
Dawuro (or Dawro) is a zone in the Southwest Region of Ethiopia. The name "Dawuro" represents both the land and the people. It is located at about 500km southwest of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, about 111 km west of Wolaita Sodo, the ...
was split off from the former
Semien Omo Zone
North Omo Zone (Amharic: ሰሜን ኦሞ) was a zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. It was named after the Omo River, which flows in the western area of the former zone. In 2000 it was split into three ...
in the
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region
The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR; ) was a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in southwestern Ethiopia. It was formed from the merger of five ''kililoch'', called Regions 7 to 11, following the ...
. It consists of the
woredas
Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas (; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after '' zones'' and the '' regional states''.
These districts are further subdivided into a number of wards call ...
of
Isara Tocha,
Loma Bosa, and
Mareka Gena.
References
Ethnologue*
Ethnic groups in Ethiopia
Omotic-speaking peoples
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