Omorate
Coordinates: 4 ° 48 ' N , 35 ° 58' E
Omorate (also Omo Rati or Rate ) is a town on the Omo River in the extreme southwest of Ethiopia . It is the main town of the woreda Kuraz in the Debub Omo zone of the region of the southern nations, nationalities and peoples and the largest town in the Dassanetch area .
The place is about 25 km away from the border with Kenya and also from Lake Turkana . A road connects Omorate with Turmi . At the time of the Derg regime there was a North Korean- supported cotton-growing project near Omorate , but it failed.
According to the Central Statistics Agency of Ethiopia, Omorate had 3,363 inhabitants in 2005. According to the 1994 census, of 1,857 inhabitants 31.88% were Amharen , 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 tongue, 19.22% Dassanetch , 8.56% Wolaytta , 7.22% Oromo , 5.87% Gamo , 4.95% Gofa, 3.23% Konso and 7.97% others Languages.
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- ↑ Central Statistical Agency : 2005 National Statistics, Section – B Population ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Table B.4 (PDF; 1.8 MB)
- ↑ CSA: The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia: Results for Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Volume I: Part I. Statistical Report on Population Size and Characteristics ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info : The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 87.4 MB), (pp. 160, 201)
