With an estimated area of 279,252 square kilometers, this region has an estimated density of 15.9 people per square kilometer. Ethiopia Atlas of Key Demographic and Health Indicators, 2005." The population of Somalia increased annually by about 3 percent in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Infant, child, and maternal mortality have fallen sharply over the past decade, but the total fertility rate has declined more slowly and the population continues to grow. They … Ethiopia has a population density of 83 people per square mile (214/square mile), which ranks 123rd in the world. In the 1970s, Somalia, supported by the United States, invaded Ethiopia, igniting the Ogaden War, which Somalia lost due to timely military intervention from the Soviet Union and its ally Cuba. Ethiopia is a predominantly agricultural country – more than 80% of the population lives in rural areas – that is in the early stages of demographic transition. In Ethiopia, the population of the Dollo Ado refugee complex in the country's southeast passed the 170,000-mark last week. In February and March 1978 Ethiopia, helped by Cuba and the Soviet Union , drove the Somali army out and proceeded to bomb and strafe Ogaden villages as reprisal for their complicity in the invasion. Mainly, Somali and Oromia regions; areas in Afar and Dire Dawa regions. [4], Jijiga is the capital of the Somali Regional State. In 2017, this had increased to 65% and 32% respectively. We are even more numerous than Tigray but somali regions are peripheral and isolated. In the 1990s, only 14% of the population had access to water and 3% to sanitation coverage. Introduction. * Pray for effectiveness of the Jesus film among the Somali. The Somali population has an average life expectancy of about 50 years, considerably lower than that of neighbouring countries. The Somali regional government is composed of the executive branch, led by the President; the legislative branch, which comprises the State Council; and the judicial branch, which is led by the State Supreme Court. These clans are a core part of their culture. In Ethiopia, the population of the Dollo Ado refugee complex in the country's southeast passed the 170,000-mark last week. Operational context. The Somali share a common language, adhere to a single faith, and share a cultural heritage that is an integral part of their nomadic lifestyle. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Ethiopia carried out its first international charter flight carrying the Somali refugees to be resettled in Germany last week. The Sab usually settle in communities and live as farmers or craftsmen. Somali 02.04.2019 Vacancy Notice No. The Ethiopian Constitution requires that a population census be conducted every ten years and had given the responsibility of conducting the census to the A case heard in this system is decided by a three-judge panel, and each judge is elected. Bordered by Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Somalia, Ethiopia has an estimated 2019 population of 112.08 million, which ranks 12th in the world. A typical family owns a herd of sheep or goats and a few burden camels. Somalia are the third ethnic group in Ethiopia with almost 7% of the population being ethnic Somalis. The Oromo people mainly occupy Oromia, the central region of Ethiopia… The population of Somali regional state is around 6 million, according to the last projection by the Central Statics Agency. Religion. The region was Italian and British-colony, but in 1954, Britain handed over the region secretly to Ethiopia, a decision rejected by the Ogaden Somali population who … [6], Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), the Somali Region has a total population of 4,445,219, consisting of 2,472,490 men and 1,972,729 women; urban inhabitants number 623,004 or 14.02% of the population, a further 1,687,858 or 37.97% were pastoralists. [11], The CSA of Ethiopia estimated in 2005 that farmers in the Somali Region had a total of 459,720 cattle (representing 1.19%% of Ethiopia's total cattle), 463,000 sheep (2.66%), 650,970 goats (5.02%), 91,550 donkey (3.66%), 165,260 camels (36.2%), 154,670 poultry of all species (0.5%), and 5,330 beehives (0.12%). Islam is the predominant religion among Somalis. Most people in Ethiopia speak Afroasiatic languages, mainly of the Semitic or Cushitic branches. (2007) (2015) Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (web). Somali region. Somali society is based on the nuclear family, which consists of a husband, wife, and children. The 2007 Abole oil field raid, in which 72 Chinese and Ethiopian oilfield workers were killed, has led to a series of military reprisals against the rebel group ONLF Ogaden National Liberation Front. Ethiopia also hosts an additional caseload drawn from The Issa are the largest clan by population within the Djibouti. Ethiopia has made impressive progress in expanding access to water and sanitation from a very low base. In the period from May to December 2011, MSF treated over 95,000 patients for malnutrition; treated over 6,000 patients for measles and vaccinated almost 235,000 children against the disease. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith. In the 2004 local elections, each woreda elected a council including a spokesman, vice-spokesman, administrator, and vice-administrator. Ethiopia + 3 more. Ethiopia Operation: Somali Humanitarian Snapshot Site of Population Of Concern to UNHCR and UNHCR Offices in Ethiopia (November 2020) … Five other regionally-based parties, including Mustafa’s Somali Democratic Party, have also joined. Somalis first appeared in the Horn of Africa around 1200 A.D., and began expanding westward and southward about 150 years later. A possibly more accurate estimate (mid-2008) of the Wereda population is shown in the tables below [4]. The nomads live in portable huts made of wooden branches covered with grass mats. - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. I’m a virtual assistant and will try to answer questions about Joshua Project, unreached people groups, the Great Commission and more. There are three levels of the Somali region judiciary. Little, if any, history of Christianity. Gode was the capital of Somali region but in 1995 it is changed into Jigiga. "State and Politics in Ethiopia's Somali region since 1991", "Households by sources of drinking water, safe water sources", "2008. Find a People Group, Language, Country, Resource, Send us an updated map of this people group, Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project). Other major languages included Oromifa (2.24%), Amharic (0.92%), and Gurage (0.033%). Somali region have total area of 327,068 km2 it makes the second largest region in Ethiopia. Each clan lives with their huts close together, and their cluster of homes is enclosed by a thorn-shrub hedge. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}7°26′19″N 44°17′49″E / 7.4387305°N 44.2968750°E / 7.4387305; 44.2968750, The 1994 National Census was delayed in the Somali Region until 1997. Men and women do not touch while greeting each other. They are predominantly concentrated in Oromia Region in central Ethiopia, the largest region in the country by both population and area. In 1970 the Somalia country tried to invade the Somali region, but they lost by Ogaden war. The totals of 2007 and 2015 include 96,754 and 118,000 persons, respectively, living in the special enumeration areas Moyale, Afdem, Meda Welabu and Mulo. * Ask God to grant favor and wisdom to missions agencies focusing on the Somali. Very few Somali children attend school, and over half of the adults are illiterate. Map – Ethiopian Somali region The surface area in Ethiopia is currently at 1,104,300 km² (or 426,372.6137 miles square). Their name is derived from the words, "so … Ethiopia Area and Population Density. The success of the 2007 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia was the outcome of the collaborative efforts of the Government, various Development Partners agencies and the people of Ethiopia. Trigger happy police continue to terrorize the population in the region." The imperial partition Competition between the European powers and Ethiopia. The Somali Region covers much of the traditional territory of Ogaden and it formed a large part of the pre-1995 province of Hararghe. The urban residents of the Somali Region numbered 492,710 households, with an average of 6.6 persons per household; a high sex ratio of 120 males to 100 females was reported. Until its first-ever district elections in February 2004, Zonal and woreda administrators, and village chairmen were appointed by the Regional government. The Somali region has among the youngest population in Ethiopia as well as globally – more than 60 per cent of the population are children and adolescents aged 0 to 19 years. We welcome. Somali Region has 3 international airport and 2 commercial airports. Somali was spoken by 99.92% of the inhabitants. Dollo Ado shelters Somali refugees and is the world's biggest refugee complex after Dadaab in Kenya. miles). What Clapham calls ‘problems of its own’ is the challenge Ethiopia has been facing in transforming itself from an empire into a modern state. Malnutrition alone has accounted for the death of thousands of Somali since the 1970s. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. Over two million live in Ethiopia, where they are known as the Western Somali. Ethiopia Urban Population Currently, 20.9 % of the population of Ethiopia is urban (23,376,340 people in 2019) Population Density. To the Somali, this is actually a rough expression of hospitality. Senior politicians at the Regional level nominated their clients to the local government positions. He/she may receive indirect guidance from other sections and units relevant to the country programme(s). The Somali region is only 5,285 square kilometers smaller than Oromia. Ethiopia, historically also known as Abyssinia, is Africa's oldest independent country and its second largest in terms of population. [9] Values for other reported common indicators of the standard of living for Somali as of 2005[update] include the following: 71.8% of the inhabitants fall into the lowest wealth quintile; adult literacy for men is 22% and for women 9.8%; and the Regional infant mortality rate is 57 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, which is less than the nationwide average of 77; at least half of these deaths occurred in the infants’ first month of life.[10]. Tobias Hagmann, "Beyond clannishness and colonialism: understanding political disorder in Ethiopia's Somali Region, 1991- 2004". Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital city, is home to about 443,821 Muslims or 16.2%. Harari (Adere) People. 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These two regions cover more than 55% of Ethiopian land. Somali refugees have been arriving steadily by boat in Yemen since 1991, via the Gulf of Aden [23]. Blanks mean an unknown value. How can I help you? Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. The more camels a man has, the greater his prestige. For the entire region 685,986 households were counted, which results in an average for the Region of 6.8 persons to a household, with urban households having on average 6 and rural households 6.5 people. 1] Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine Tables 2.4, 2.14 (accessed 10 January 2009). The State of Somali has a very large area size ranking second next to Oromiya. Three consecutive years of poor rainfall had adversely affected agricultural yields and the condition of pastures. Kenya hosts the largest number of Somali refugees (more than 313,000 as of April 2017), most of concentrated in the Dadaab Refugee Complex, in Garissa County near the Somali border. Dollo Ado shelters Somali refugees and is the world's biggest refugee complex after Dadaab in Kenya. More than one in three people in the region are children below the age of 10. Africa Communities in Ethiopia's Somali Region face chronic drought linked to climate change. Largest Cities in Ethiopia # CITY NAME Members of the Ogaden clan primarily live in the central Ogaden plateau of Ethiopia (Somali Region), the North Eastern Province of Kenya, and the Jubaland region of Southern Somalia.. The majority of Ethiopia’s population is Christian (about 62 percent), distributed around 43 percent Orthodox, 18 percent Protestant and 0.6 percent Catholic. This is not surprising since they did not have a written script until 1972. 98.7% of the population were Muslim, 0.9% Orthodox Christian, and 0.3% are followers of other religions. While the majority of Somali refugees have sought asylum in either Ethiopia or Kenya (exceeding 567,000 total refugees), more than 255,000 Somali refugees have been registered in Yemen as of December 2017 [20]. UNHCR ETHIOPIA Somali population group a comprehensive report for refugee response plan as of June 2020. Their name is derived from the words, "so maal," which literally mean, "Go milk a beast for yourself!" (Calverton: Macro International, 2008), "Amhara Region Announces Appointment of 22 Cabinet Members", "State and Politics in Ethiopia's Somali region since 1991", https://www.ethiopiaobserver.com/2018/08/12/ahmed-shide-named-chairman-of-the-somali-region-ruling-party/, Exclusive: Third day EPRDF EC discussing “Prosperity Party” Regulation. Dollo Ado shelters Somali refugees and is the world's biggest refugee complex after Dadaab in Kenya. Several million Somali live scattered across eight countries in the northeastern portion of Africa, commonly called the "Horn of Africa," and in the Middle East. Ethiopia faces significant internal displacement. : ETH/JI/VN/003/19 Organizational Context The incumbent receives guidance from more senior programme staff in the operation. In 2018, Ethiopia … In Afra region the 1994 census was performed in 1996 and in the Somali region in 1997. The Census did not cover all parts of the Region, namely rural, Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDL), Ethiopian Somali Democratic League (ESDP), Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party (ESPDP), "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". He can be reached at: amuhumad@jju.edu.et. According to Human Rights Watch, the Ogaden is the largest Darod clan in Ethiopia's Somali Region, and may account for 70 to 80 percent of the Somali population in Ethiopia. By 1650, they had moved into Ethiopia. The Oil-rich Ogaden Region borders Djibouti, Kenya and Somalia and many of its residents are ethnic Somalis. Access to modern health services is very limited in Ethiopia. Despite this defeat, local groups still tried either to become part of Somal… Among these are the Oromo, Amhara, Somali and Tigrayans, who together constitute around three-quarters of the population. In rare instances a representative photo may be used. The imperial partition Competition between the European powers and Ethiopia. Mercy Corps has been working in the Somali Region of Ethiopia for more than 10 years and has developed deep relationships Oromos are Ethiopia's biggest ethnic group - making up about a third of Ethiopia's population while Ethiopian Somalis make up just 6% of the population. The Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asian language family is represented by the languages Oromo, Sidamo and Somali. [21], Like other Regions in Ethiopia, Somali Region is subdivided into eleven administrative zones and Six Special administrative zones:[22]. Joshua Project makes every effort to ensure that the subject in an image is in fact from the specific people group. A fifth camp, Kambioos, was closed in February 2017. The Somali region in Eastern Ethiopia comprises 9 zones and has a population of approximately 3.76 million, the majority of whom are pastoralists and agro-pastoralists. Ethnic groups include Somalis (97.2%), Amhara (0.66%), Oromo (0.46%), foreign-born Somalis (0.20%) and Gurages (0.12%). At present the state comprises 9 administrative zones and 49 woredas. Ethiopia + 3 more. There is a strong sense in the Southern region, the Somali region and Oromia, of having been conquered, marginalised and relegated to the periphery of Ethiopian history. - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians. The other ethnic groups include Somali, Tigray, Sidama, Gurage Wolaytta, Afar, Hadiya, and Gamo. The Ethiopian Constitution requires that a population census be conducted every ten years and had given the responsibility of conducting the census to the [13] A Vice President of Somali Region succeeds the president in the event of any removal from office, and performs any duties assigned by the president. The Oromos are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia (34.5% of the population), numbering about 37 million. Administrative. Oromia and Somali are, respectively, the two largest regions in the country by area size. Joshua Project may be able to provide more information than what is published on this site. 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