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Semitic-speaking ethnic group in Ethiopia
Gurage
A Gurage boy ploughing in Gurage Zone
Total population
1,867,350
2023 Estimate 5,676,967
(2007)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Ethiopia
Languages
Gurage languages
Religion
Islam, Christianity, traditional faith[2][3]
Related ethnic groups
Tigrinya
Tigrayans
Tigre
Amhara
Harari
Silte
Zay
Afar
Agaw
Beja
Beta Israel
Oromo
Somali
Saho
other Ethiopian Semitic and Cushitic peoples[4]
The Gurage (/ɡʊəˈrɑːɡeɪ/,[5] Gurage: ጉራጌ, ቤተ-ጉርዓ, ቤተ-ጉራጌ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia.[2] They inhabit the Gurage Zone and East Gurage Zone, a fertile, semi-mountainous region in Central Ethiopia Regional State, about 125 kilometers southwest of Addis Ababa, bordering the Awash River in the north, the Gibe River, a tributary of the Omo River, to the southwest, and Hora-Dambal in the east.
According to the 2007 Ethiopian national census the Gurage can also be found in substantial numbers in Addis Ababa, Oromia Region, Harari Region and Dire Dawa.[6]
^Central Statistical Agency, Ethiopia. "Table 2.2 Percentage Distribution of Major Ethnic Groups: 2007" (PDF). Summary and Statistical Report of the 2007 Population and Housing Census Results. United Nations Population Fund. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ abG. W. E. Huntingford, "William A. Shack: The Gurage: a people of the ensete culture"
^Lebel, Phillip. 1974. "Oral Traditional and Chronicles on Guragé Immigration".
^Joireman, Sandra F. (1997). Institutional Change in the Horn of Africa: The Allocation of Property Rights and Implications for Development. Universal-Publishers. p. 1. ISBN 1581120001.
^"Gurage". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary.
^Table 3.1 on 2007 Ethiopian Regional States Census Data Archived 2016-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
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