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are located on the high plants and hilltops of the regions for their strategic advantage. The villages are encircled by one to six concentric rings of stone walls, mainly consisting of basalt boulders. The oldest walls on the inside can be up to 4 metres (13 ft) high and 2.5 metres (8 ft
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There is an ongoing conflict and land dispute with many civilians killed and hundreds of thousands of IDPs caught in the violence. UN warned that Konso was a priority hot spot area in 2022, due to the continuous conflict and the issue of adverse weather that exacerbated the existing humanitarian
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Philip Briggs suggests that the present-day town "might prosaically be described as a traffic circle of comically vast dimensions, surrounded by a solitary petrol station and a scattering of local hotels." According to the SNNPR's Bureau of
Finance and Economic Development, as of 2003 Konso's
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in 2005, Karat has an estimated total population of 4,593 of whom 2,258 are men and 2,335 are women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 2,535 of whom 1,250 were men and 1,285 were women.
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Tentative List on
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Oral traditions of the Konso people suggest that they migrated to the region roughly 400 years ago, which is supported by the number of generations (21) noted since the first ritual chief. In 1897,
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240:Criteria
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32:Ethiopia
488:weaving
470:Economy
464:hominid
425:paletas
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