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| 1 | Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2569 Lat/Lng : 6.0586 / 36.7273 | Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR;) is one of the nine ethnically based regional states (kililoch) of Ethiopia. It was formed from the merger of five kililoch, called Regions 7 to 11, following the regional council elections on 21 June 1992 (...) | |
| 2 | Gamo Gofa Zone ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 1622 Lat/Lng : 6.25 / 37.0 | Gamo Gofa is a Zone in the Ethiopian Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR). It is named for the Gamo and Gofa peoples, whose homelands lie in this Zone. Gamo Gofa is bordered on the south by the Dirashe special woreda, on the southwest by Debub (South) Omo and the Basketo (...) | |
| 3 | North Omo Zone ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 1072 Lat/Lng : 6.5 / 37.25 | Semien Omo (English: North Omo) was a Zone in the Ethiopian Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR). It was named after the Omo River, which flows in the western area of the former zone. In 2000 it was split into three zones: Dawro, Gamo Gofa, and Wolayita; and Basketo and Konta (...) | |
| 4 | Wolayita Zone ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 1899 Lat/Lng : 6.8431 / 37.7005 | Wolayita is a Zone in the Ethiopian Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. It is named for the Welayta people, whose homeland lies in this Zone. Wolayita is bordered on the south by Gamo Gofa, on the west by the Omo River which separates it from Dawro, on the (...) | |
| 5 | Dawro Zone ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 1735 Lat/Lng : 6.9699 / 37.1086 | Dawuro (or Dawuro) is a zone in the Ethiopian Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR). It is located at about 500km southwest of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia and 275 km of Hawassa, the capital of the SNNPR (...) | |
| 6 | Basketo special woreda ![]() FeatureType : adm3rd Elevation : 1320 Lat/Lng : 6.25 / 36.5833 | Basketo is the name of one of the woreda of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia, named after its inhabitants, the Basketo people. Because Basketo is not part of any administrative Zone in the SNNPR, it is considered a Special woreda -- an administrative (...) | |
| 7 | Tiya (archaeological site) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2305 Lat/Lng : 8.4349 / 38.6121 | Tiya is an archaeological site in central Ethiopia. It is located in the Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region south of Addis Ababa. (...) | |
| 8 | Konta special woreda ![]() FeatureType : adm3rd Elevation : 1223 Lat/Lng : 6.9167 / 36.5833 | Konta, previously called Ela, is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. It is named after Konta people who speak the dialect of Dawro language. Because Konta is not part of any Zone in the SNNPR, it is considered a Special woreda, an (...) | |
| 9 | Keficho Shekicho Zone ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 1672 Lat/Lng : 7.25 / 36.0 | Keficho Shekicho was a Zone in the Ethiopian Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR). A 1997 Situation Report by the United Nations Development Programme/Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia states that originally Kaffa and Sheka were separate zones, but were combined in early 1996 (...) | |
| 10 | Mareka Gena ![]() FeatureType : adm3rd Elevation : 1273 Lat/Lng : 7.1667 / 37.1667 | Mareka Gena was one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Omo Zone, Mareka Gena was a triangle-shaped area located south of the confluence of the Omo River and its east-flowing tributary the Gojeb River, bordered on the (...) | |
| 11 | Boreda Abaya ![]() FeatureType : adm3rd Elevation : 1094 Lat/Lng : 6.3333 / 37.25 | Boreda Abaya was one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Omo Zone, Boreda Abaya was bordered on the south by Arba Minch Zuria, on the southwest by Chencha, on the west by Kucha, on the north by Humbo, and on the east by Lake (...) | |