Global InformationLeemo Hadiya information
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Over 2 million (2020)[citation needed] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Various, formerly strictly Hadiyya language | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Islam, Fandaanano[2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sooro, Shaashoogo, Baadawwaachcho, Libidoo/Maraqo/Marako, Halaba, Qabeena, Oromo, Sidama, Harari, Argobba, Kambata, Afar, Somali, Gurage, Wolayta |
The Leemo are a Hadiya sub-group[3] in south-central Ethiopia.[4] The Leemo are one of the current Hadiyya (Hadiyyisa) speaking groups in the administrative unit of Hadiya Zone (also known as the Hadiya proper) that includes Hadiya subgroups Sooro, Shaashoogo, Baadawwaachcho, Weexo Giira (Baadogo, Haballo, Bargaago, Waayabo, Hayyibba, Hoojje, Sha’ammanna, Gabara, and Hanqaallo), in addition to Leemo. The Leemo primarily occupy the northern part of Hadiya Zone. Part of the Leemo settlement surrounds the zonal capital city of Hosaena.
- ^ "Ethiopia Population 2020 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ^ Fandaanano:: The Traditional Socio-Religious System of the Hadiyya in Southern Ethiopia. Harrassowitz Verlag. 2014. doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rmmn. ISBN 9783447101943.
- ^ Golzio, Karl-Heinz (1983). "Reviewed work: Geschichte der Hadiya Süd-Äthiopiens, Ulrich Braukämper". Anthropos. 78 (3/4): 596–598. JSTOR 40460666.
- ^ Braukämper, Ulrich; Krause, Geraldine (2012). Translated from German by Geraldine Krause. Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447068048. JSTOR j.ctvc16n9r – via JSTOR.