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by Jorge Candeias, 16 December 1999
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According to the Ethiopian Parliament site,
this state "comprises 3 administrative zones, made
up of 19 woredas out of which two are special woredas (Pawi and Tongo) and
33 Kebeles. Amharic is the working language of the State." The capital city
is Assosa. "The State of Benishangul Gumuz is located in the north-western
part of Ethiopia. The State shares common boundaries in the west with the
Sudan, in the north-east with the State of Amhara, in the east and south
with the State of Oromia." It has an estimated area of 51,000 square
kilometers. The population was estimated in 94 as 460,459. They say nothing
about ethnicity, but since they say that the "working language is the
Amharic", I suppose that it must be inhabited by Amharas or closely related
peoples.
Before the changes of internal borders in Ethiopia, Assosa was an
unimportant place (at least in the map) part of the province(?) of Welega.
The city is located very close to the sudanese border. Other information in
the site (the climate zones and the river basins lead me to conclude that
this state occupies probably the western half of what once was called Welega.
Jorge Candeias, 15 December 1999
The flag is a horizontal tricolour of black, gold and green with a red
triangle based at the hoist. The influence of the sudanese flag is pretty
obvious (it's a reaarrangement of the sudanese colours with white replaced
by golden/yellow), suggesting some kind of link across the border. I'm
rather curious about the ethnies of this state and regret that they didn't
publish info about that in the site - that could explain the flag.
Jorge Candeias, 15 December 1999
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