Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region

E386668

former administrative region former regional state of Ethiopia

The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region was a highly diverse federal region in southwestern Ethiopia, home to numerous ethnic groups and languages.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region canonical	21
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region	4
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoplesʼ Region	2
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region	1
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Regional State	1

Statements (95)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative region ⓘ former regional state of Ethiopia ⓘ
abbreviation	SNNPR ⓘ
borderedBy	Gambela Region ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Oromia Region ⓘ Sidama Region ⓘ Somali Region of Ethiopia ⓘ surface form: Somali Region South Sudan ⓘ Southwest Ethiopia Peoples Region ⓘ surface form: South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region Sudan ⓘ
capital	Awasa ⓘ surface form: Hawassa
contains	Alaba special woreda ⓘ Amaro special woreda ⓘ Arba Minch ⓘ Basketo special woreda ⓘ Bench Maji Zone ⓘ Burji special woreda ⓘ Dawro Zone ⓘ Derashe special woreda ⓘ Dilla ⓘ Gamo Zone ⓘ Gofa ⓘ surface form: Gofa Zone Gurage ⓘ surface form: Gurage Zone Hadiya Zone ⓘ Hosaena ⓘ Jinka ⓘ Kaffa Zone ⓘ surface form: Keffa Zone Sidama Region ⓘ surface form: Kembata Tembaro Zone Konso ⓘ Konso ⓘ surface form: Konso special woreda Konta special woreda ⓘ Lake Abaya ⓘ Lake Chamo ⓘ Omo River ⓘ Rift Valley lakes ⓘ Sheka Zone ⓘ Sidama Region ⓘ surface form: Sidama Zone Silte Zone ⓘ South Omo Zone ⓘ Wolaita Sodo ⓘ Wolayita Zone ⓘ Yem special woreda ⓘ Yirgalem ⓘ
country	Ethiopia ⓘ
dissolvedInto	Central Ethiopia Regional State ⓘ Sidama Region ⓘ South Ethiopia Regional State ⓘ Southwest Ethiopia Peoples Region ⓘ surface form: South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region
ethnicGroup	Alaba people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ari people ⓘ Bench people ⓘ Dizi people ⓘ Gamo people NERFINISHED ⓘ Gofa people NERFINISHED ⓘ Gurage people ⓘ Hadiya people ⓘ Hamar people ⓘ Karo people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kefficho people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kembata people NERFINISHED ⓘ Konso people ⓘ Mursi people ⓘ Nyangatom people NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheko people NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidama people NERFINISHED ⓘ Silte people NERFINISHED ⓘ Surma people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tembaro people NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolaytta people ⓘ surface form: Wolayta people Yem people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	ethnically diverse ⓘ federal region ⓘ linguistically diverse ⓘ
language	Amharic ⓘ surface form: Amharic language Gamo-Gofa-Dawro languages ⓘ Gurage languages ⓘ Hadiyya language ⓘ Kafa language ⓘ Kambaata language ⓘ Sidamo language ⓘ Silt'e language ⓘ surface form: Silte language Wolaytta language ⓘ
languageFamily	Cushitic languages ⓘ Omotic languages ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ
locatedIn	East Africa ⓘ Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ
partOf	Ethiopia ⓘ surface form: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
religion	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ surface form: Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity Islam ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ traditional African religions ⓘ
usedToBeCalled	Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Regional State

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Input

Subject: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
Description of subject: The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region was a highly diverse federal region in southwestern Ethiopia, home to numerous ethnic groups and languages.

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sidamo → spokenIn → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Wolaytta → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Borana-Arsi-Guji → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region

Oromia Region → bordersRegion → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region

Silt'e language → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Shabo → spokenIn → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Gambela Region → bordersRegion → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region

Sebat Bet Gurage → spokenIn → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Meʼen language → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoplesʼ Region

Kafa language → hasSpeakersIn → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Omo River → flowsThrough → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region

Gamo → usedIn → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Gofa → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region

Dawro → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Gimira → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Aari → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Hamer → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Kafa → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Sheko → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Dizi → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Omotic peoples → populationConcentration → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region → usedToBeCalled → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Regional State

Sidama → partOfFormerRegion → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Hadiyya language → spokenIn → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Kambaata language → spokenIn → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Gamo-Gofa-Dawro → spokenIn → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Gurage people → region → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

Inor language → isSpokenInAdministrativeArea → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoplesʼ Region

Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region → locatedIn → Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ

subject surface form: Gurage Zone