Barento (Oromo: Bareentoo) is one of the two major subgroups of the Oromo people, a Cushitic ethnic group.[3][4][5] They live in the West Hararghe Zone, East Hararghe Zone, Arsi zone, of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia while the other subgroup named Borana Oromo inhabiting Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Addis Ababa, West Shewa Zone, West Welega Zone and Borena Zone of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia.[6]
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Barento (Oromo: Bareentoo) is one of the two major subgroups of the Oromo people, a Cushitic ethnic group. They live in the West Hararghe Zone, East Hararghe...
East Africa are divided into two major branches: the Borana Oromo and Barento Oromo. These two major groups are in turn subdivided into an assortment...
described in his chronicle as "becoming rich" as a result. At the same time, Barento Oromo groups attacked Adal Sultanate, which was greatly weakened by its...
of East Shewa Zone.The Arsi are made up of the Sikkoo-Mandoo branch of Barento Oromo. The Arsi in all zones speaks Oromo share the same culture, traditions...
Ethiopia, 276,236 Kenya Languages Oromo Religion Majority Sunni Islam with minorities of Christianity and Waaqeffanna Related ethnic groups Barento Oromo...
confederations, the Boorana and the Barento, who lived in the west and east of the Rift Valley respectively. The Barento moved in a eastern direction, eventually...
historically known as the Yajju, Edjow or Edjou Galla, are a sub-clan of the Barento branch of Oromo people. They are one of the northernmost communities of...
other states such as Gidaya and Hargaya. Antoine d'Abbadie notes that the Barento Oromo had occupied Dakkar from the Bursuuk which they had integrated in...
struggle against Adal Sultan Abu Bakr. Hubat was invaded and settled by the Barento Oromo in the following centuries who came at loggerheads with the Adal...
offspring. Hubanaa is believed to be the ancestor of many Arsii, Anniyya, and Barento Oromo who then developed into independent ethnic groups in the following...
British controlled the Hararghe and Somaliland. They sent expeditions to the Barento, the only Oromo to resist the British occupation. Amir Abdullahi was the...
foundation of Oda Bultum as a cultural and administrative center of the Eastern Barento Oromos (one of the two major tribal confederations of the Oromo people...
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