Omo Valley region

E869034

The Omo Valley region is a culturally and linguistically diverse area in southwestern Ethiopia, known for its numerous indigenous ethnic groups and rich anthropological significance.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Omo Valley 6
Omo River region 5
Omo Valley region canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
borderedBy Kenya ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
contains Lower Valley of the Omo ⓘ
Mago National Park ⓘ
Omo National Park ⓘ
containsEthnicGroup Ari people ⓘ
Banna people ⓘ
Bodi people ⓘ
Dassanech people ⓘ
Erbore people ⓘ
Hamar people ⓘ
Hamar-Banna people ⓘ
linked to: Hamar people

Karo people ⓘ
Konso people ⓘ
Kwegu people ⓘ
Malo people ⓘ
Mursi people ⓘ
Nyangatom people ⓘ
Suri people ⓘ
Surma people ⓘ
linked to: Surma peoples

Tsamai people ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site (Lower Valley of the Omo) ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Cushitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Cushitic

Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Omotic languages ⓘ
hasPart Lower Omo Valley ⓘ
Omo River basin ⓘ
linked to: Omo River
hasResearchField anthropology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
paleoanthropology ⓘ
heritageCriteria outstanding paleoanthropological value ⓘ
heritageDesignationAppliesTo Lower Omo Valley ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy UNESCO ⓘ
knownFor anthropological significance ⓘ
archaeological sites ⓘ
cultural diversity ⓘ
indigenous ethnic groups ⓘ
linguistic diversity ⓘ
traditional pastoralist societies ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
southwestern Ethiopia ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity agro-pastoralism ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
namedAfter Omo River ⓘ
partOf Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ
traversedBy Omo River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Surmic languages → geographicDistribution → Omo Valley region ⓘ
Nyangatom language → region → Omo River region ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
North Omotic → geographicDistribution → Omo River region ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
Aari → spokenIn → Omo River region ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
Hamer → usedIn → Omo River region ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
Dizi → locatedNear → Omo River region ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
Paranthropus → fossilSite → Omo region ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
Homo habilis → fossilSites → Omo region ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
Rivers of Sand → setIn → Omo Valley ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
Southwestern Ethiopia → contains → Omo Valley ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
Surma → region → Omo Valley ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
Mursi language → hasRegion → Omo Valley ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
Suri language → region → Omo Valley region ⓘ
Mursi people → locatedIn → Omo Valley ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
Nyangatóm → region → Omo Valley ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region
Surmic branch of Nilo-Saharan → hasPrimaryRegion → Omo Valley region of Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Omo Valley region