Abobo (Ethiopia)

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Coordinates: 7 ° 54 '  N , 34 ° 32'  E

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Abobo ( Ethiopian script : ኣቦቦ ) is a village in the Gambela region in western Ethiopia . Within Gambela it belongs to the woreda Abobo of the same name , which is located in zone 2 or - according to more recent documents from the Central Statistics Agency of Ethiopia - in the Agnewak zone (named after the Anyuak ethnic group ).

population

According to the Central Statistics Agency for 2005, Abobo had 2,103 inhabitants.

In 1994 the population was 1,222. The largest ethnic group were the Anyuak (81.01%), followed by the out of the highland derived Oromo (8.43%), Amhara (6.79%) and Tigray (1.8%); 1.96% belonged to other races. 69.23% were Ethiopian Orthodox , 25.86% Catholics and 3.19% Muslims.

history

At the time of the Mengistu regime, a state farm was built near Abobo, on which Ethiopians from the highlands were settled. In addition, with Russian help, the construction of a dam at Abobo began, which is to be used for irrigation. The dam was completed in the 1990s.

There are conflicts between the native Anyuak and the highland Ethiopians who have immigrated or have been resettled by the state. In late February or early March 2004, Ethiopian soldiers attacked Anyuak neighborhood in Abobo, burned houses and shot at civilians fleeing, killing at least 15 people. As a result of army attacks on Anyuak villages and attacks by Anyuak militias on resettlement villages, both Anyuak and the highlands have come to Abobo as internally displaced persons .

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  1. ↑ a b c Central Statistics Agency (CSA): 2005 National Statistics, Section – B Population ( Memento from February 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Table B.4 (PDF; 1.8 MB)
  2. ↑ CSA: Summary and Statistical Report of the 2007 Population and Housing Census Results ( Memento of March 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.7 MB), p. 80
  3. ↑ CSA: The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Gambella Region: Volume I Statistical Report ( Memento of November 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 47.1 MB), 1995 (pp. 36, 51)
  4. ↑ Dereje Feyissa: The Ethnic Self and the National Other: Anywaa Identity Politics in Reference to the Ethiopian State System , in: Bahru Zewde (Ed.): Society, State, and Identity in African History , African Books Collective 2008, ISBN 9789994450251 ( P. 136)
  5. ^ John Young: Along Ethiopia's Western Frontier: Gambella and Benishangul in Transition , in: The Journal of Modern African Studies , Vol. 37/2, June 1999 (pp. 321–346)
  6. ^ Human Rights Watch: Targeting the Anuak: Human Rights Violations and Crimes against Humanity in Ethiopia's Gambella Region , 2005