Omorate

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Omorate (also Omo Rati or rate ) is a village on the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia. It is the capital of the woreda Kuraz in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People and largest town in the area of ​​Dassanetch region.

From the border to Kenya and also from Lake Turkana, the place is about 25 km away. A road connects Omorate with Turmi. At the time of the Derg regime, there was a supported of North Korea project for cotton cultivation, but failed in Omorate.

2005 Omorate had 3,363 inhabitants, according to the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia. According to the census of 1994, of 1,857 inhabitants 31.88 % Amhara, 20.73 % Dassanetch, 10.98% Oromo, 9.96% Wolaytta, 7% Gamo 6.25% Gofa, 3.98% Konso and 9, 32% members of other ethnic groups. 42.97 % spoke Amharic as their mother language, 19.22 % Dassanetch, 8.56% Wolaytta, 7.22% Oromo, Gamo 5.87%, 4.95% Gofa, 3.23% and 7.97% Konso other languages.

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  • Place in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region
  • Place in Africa
Districts of Ethiopia Daasanach people Amhara people Welayta people Wolaytta language
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