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Gedeo people information


Gedeo
Total population
986,977 (2007 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Ethiopia
Languages
Gedeo language, Amharic
Religion
predominantly Protestant Christianity, Traditional, Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Guji Oromo, Sidama, Welayta

The Gedeo are an ethnic group in southern Ethiopia. The Gedeo Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR) is named for this people. They speak the Gedeo language, which is one of the Cushitic languages.

  1. ^ "Census 2007" Archived February 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, first draft, Table 5.

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