Borena Zone, the Glossary
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43 relations: Adola Town, Amhara people, Amharic, Boorana, Borana National Park, Burji language, Catholic Church in Ethiopia, Central Statistical Agency, Education in Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Gedeo language, Gedeo people, Guji Zone, Gujii, Health in Ethiopia, Islam in Ethiopia, Kenya, Konso language, Lega Dembi Mine, List of zones of Ethiopia, Malaria, Mega, Ethiopia, Mining in Ethiopia, Ministry of Agriculture (Ethiopia), Moyale, Negele Borana, Oromia, Oromo language, Oromo people, P'ent'ay, Shakiso, Somali language, Somali people, Somali Region, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Tantalum, Tsetse fly, Wards of Ethiopia, World Bank, Yabelo, 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, 2006 Horn of Africa food crisis.
Adola Town
Adola (Adoolaa) is a town located in the Guji Zone of the Oromia Region, at an altitude of above sea level.
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Amhara people
Amharas (Āmara; ʾÄməḥära) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group which is indigenous to Ethiopia, traditionally inhabiting parts of the northwest Highlands of Ethiopia, particularly inhabiting the Amhara Region.
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Amharic
Amharic (or; Amarəñña) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages.
Boorana
The Boorana (also known as Borana) are one of the two major subgroups of the Oromo people.
Borana National Park
Borana National Park (also known as Borena National Park) is a wildlife sanctuary located in the Borana Zone of the Oromia Regional State in Ethiopia.
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Burji language
Burji language (alternate names: Bembala, Bambala, Daashi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Burji people who reside in Ethiopia south of Lake Chamo.
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Catholic Church in Ethiopia
The Catholic Church in Ethiopia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome.
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Central Statistical Agency
The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field.
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Education in Ethiopia
Education in Ethiopia was dominated by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church for many centuries until secular education was adopted in the early 1900s.
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
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Gedeo language
Gedeo is a Highland East Cushitic language of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in south central Ethiopia.
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Gedeo people
The Gedeo are an ethnic group in southern Ethiopia.
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Guji Zone
Guji (Oromo: Godina Gujii) is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Borena Zone and Guji Zone are Oromia and zones of Ethiopia.
Gujii
The Guji Oromo are an Oromo clan living Guji Zone in southern Oromia of Ethiopia.
Health in Ethiopia
Health in Ethiopia has improved markedly since the early 2000s, with government leadership playing a key role in mobilizing resources and ensuring that they are used effectively.
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Islam in Ethiopia
Islam is the second largest religion in Ethiopia behind Christianity, with 31.1 to 35 percent of the total population of around 120 million people professing the religion as of 2024.
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Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
Konso language
Konso (Komso, Khonso, also Af Kareti, Afa Karatti, Conso, Gato, Karate, Kareti) is a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in southwest Ethiopia.
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Lega Dembi Mine
The Lega Dembi Mine is the largest gold mine in Ethiopia and is near Shakiso in Oromia Region.
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List of zones of Ethiopia
The regions of Ethiopia are administratively divided into 68 or more zones (ዞን, zonə), (Godina). Borena Zone and List of zones of Ethiopia are zones of Ethiopia.
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Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.
Mega, Ethiopia
Mega is a town in southern Ethiopia.
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Mining in Ethiopia
Mining is important to the economy of Ethiopia as a diversification from agriculture.
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Ministry of Agriculture (Ethiopia)
The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is the Ethiopian government department which oversees the agricultural and rural development policies of Ethiopia on a federal level.
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Moyale
Moyale is a city situated on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya.
Negele Borana
Negele Guji is a town and separate woreda in southern Ethiopia.
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Oromia
Oromia (Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people.
Oromo language
Oromo (or; Afaan Oromoo), historically also called Galla (a name regarded as pejorative by the Oromo), is an Afroasiatic language that belongs to the Cushitic branch.
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Oromo people
The Oromo people (pron. Oromo: Oromoo) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya.
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P'ent'ay
P'ent'ay (from Ge'ez: ጴንጤ) is an originally Amharic–Tigrinya language term for Pentecostal Christians.
Shakiso
Shakiso is a town in Oromia Region, Ethiopia.
Somali language
Somali (Latin script: Af-Soomaali; Wadaad:; Osmanya: 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch.
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Somali people
The Somali people (Soomaalida, Osmanya: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, Wadaad) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share a common ancestry, culture and history.
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Somali Region
The Somali Region (Deegaanka Soomaalida, Sumalē Kilil, Oromo: Naannoo somaalee, المنطقة الصومالية.), also known as Soomaali Galbeed and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional state in eastern Ethiopia.
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Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR; Yädäbub Bḥer Bḥeräsäbočna Hzboč Kllə) was a regional state in southwestern Ethiopia.
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Tantalum
Tantalum is a chemical element; it has symbol Ta and atomic number 73.
Tsetse fly
Tsetse (sometimes spelled tzetze; also known as tik-tik flies) are large, biting flies that inhabit much of tropical Africa.
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Wards of Ethiopia
A ward (translit; Gandaa) is the smallest administrative unit of Ethiopia: a ward, a neighbourhood or a localized and delimited group of people.
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World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
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Yabelo
Yabelo (Yaabeelloo) is a town in southern Ethiopia.
1995 Constitution of Ethiopia
The Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, also known as the 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, is the supreme law of Ethiopia.
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2006 Horn of Africa food crisis
In 2006, an acute shortage of food affected the countries in the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia), as well as northeastern Kenya.
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