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Oromo people

Ethnic group
GroupOromo
Oromoo
Population date30,000,000
Ethiopia25489000
Kenya818000
Somalia256300
Yemen189000
United States150563
Germany90000
Great Britain28000
Djibouti25664
Canada17580
Australia12000
Saudi Arabia10000
Egypt3100

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The Oromo ( , "The Powerful"; , ’Oromo) are an ethnic group found in Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and parts of Somalia. With 30 million members, they constitute the single largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and approximately 34.49% of the population according to the 2007 census. Their native language is Oromo (also called Afaan Oromoo and Oromiffa), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.


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