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Benishangul-Gumuz Region

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of Ethiopia (CSA), the Benishangul-Gumuz Region has a total population of 784,345, consisting of 398,655 men and 385,690 women; urban inhabitants number 105,926 or 13.51% of the population. With an estimated area of 49,289.46 square kilometers, this Region has an estimated density of 15.91 people per
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Little is known about its history before the 19th century. Archaeologists have found sites that they date to the end of the 1st millennium BC or the beginning of the 1st millennium AD and assign them to the forerunners of today's Komuz-speaking ethnic groups. Finds attributing them to the Berta date
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would occupy it. In 1898, Asosa became the political and economic capital. Until the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in the mid-1930s, the area supplied gold and slaves to the central government on a large scale. Slaves were also smuggled into Sudan across the border, which was established in 1902.
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of Ethiopia estimated in 2005 that farmers in Benishangul-Gumuz had a total of 307,820 head of cattle (representing 0.79% of Ethiopia's total cattle), 65,800 sheep (0.38%), 244,570 goats (1.88%), 1,770 mules (1.2%), 37,520 asses (1.5%), 732,270 poultry of all species (2.37%), and 166,130 beehives
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and rubber trees, incense and gum forests as well as the indigenous species. However, due to increased population which has led to the widespread destruction of the canopy, authorities announced a campaign on 8 June 2007 to plant 1.5 million seedlings over the next two months to replenish this
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In the previous census, conducted in 1994, the region's population was reported to be 460,459 of which 233,013 were men and 227,446 were women. Rural population was 424,432, while the urban population was 36,027. The five largest ethnic groups in Benishangul-Gumuz were the Berta (27%),
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The region has faced major challenges to economic development, due to lack of transportation and communications infrastructure. The Abay River (Blue Nile) divides Benishangul-Gumuz, and there was no bridge crossing it until 2012. The major road that connects the
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square kilometer. For the entire region 174,445 households were counted, which results in an average for the Region of 4.5 persons to a household, with urban households having on average 3.6 and rural households 4.7 people. The ethnic groups include the
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from the 17th to 20th centuries and are mainly located on mountains, hills and in rocky areas that are easy to defend. It was not until the mid-20th century that Berta also settled in the lowlands, as slave hunts and armed conflict had ended.
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for Benishangul-Gumuz as of 2005 include the following: 19.1% of the inhabitants fall into the lowest wealth quintile; adult literacy for men is 47.4% and for women 23.2%; and the regional
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was built by the China Construction Company in 2012. The road has a 365-meter bridge that crosses the Abay. Nowadays it is simple to travel between the regional capital of Assosa and
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in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The OLF tried to incorporate the local population as "black Oromo", but met with little support. The Berta rebels instead allied with the
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is 84 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, which is greater than the nationwide average of 77; at least half of these deaths occurred in the infants’ first month of life.
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era. According to the 1994 census 44.1% of inhabitants were Muslim, 34.8% Orthodox Christians, 13.1% followers of traditional religions and 5.8% Protestants.
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written by members of the United Nations Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia, a significant number of the Amhara settlers relocated from the former
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There are 2 refugee camps and 1 transit center, housing 36,440 refugees from Sudan and South Sudan, located in Benishangul-Gumuz region.
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of the Anuak in Gambella - were not accepted as full members of the EPRDF, but became regional partners of the new ruling coalition.
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Five of these ethnic groups (Benishangul, Gumuz, Shinasha, Mao and Kwama) are granted the exclusive right to
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Dessalegn, Beza. "Experimenting with Non-Territorial Autonomy: Indigenous Councils in Ethiopia". 
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Like other regions in Ethiopia, Benishangul-Gumuz is subdivided into administrative zones.
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John Young, "Along Ethiopia's Western Frontier: Gambella and Benishangul in Transition",
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Alessandro Triulzi, "Trade, Islam, and the Mahdia in Northwestern Wallaggā, Ethiopia",
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History of the Sayyoo Oromoo of Southwestern Wallaga, Ethiopia from about 1730 to 1886
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Resistance to the Mengistu regime here came mainly from the Berta. In addition, the
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Population Projection of Ethiopia for All Regions At Wereda Level from 2014 – 2017
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According to the CSA, as of 2004, 27.23% of the total population had access to
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Paulos Chanie, "Clientelism and Ethiopia's post-1991 decentralisation",
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In the first quarter of the 19th century, Arab traders arrived from
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The area lay as a "buffer zone" or "no man's land" between southern
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Some of ethnic groups native to the Benishangul-Gumuz region are:
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CSA Selected Basic Welfare Indicators (accessed 28 January 2009)
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Alessandro Triulzi: "Beni Ĺ angul" in: Siegbert Uhlig (Hrsg.),
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began. In December 2019, about 200 people were killed in the
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Later in the 19th century, Benishangul was affected by the
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penetration into the region began in the mid-18th century.
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Over 60% of this region is covered with forest, including
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Alessandro Triulzi, "Asosa", in: Siegbert Uhlig (Hrsg.),
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than with other Ethiopian peoples, while the Amhara and
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Young, "Along Ethiopia's Western Frontier", p. 334
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Ethiopia: Tackling environmental challenges with trees
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Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe
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Map of Benishangul-Gumuz Region at DPPA of Ethiopia
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