Daasanach people
The Daasanach (also known as the Marille or Geleba) are an ethnic group inhabiting parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan. Their main homeland is in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, adjacent to Lake Turkana. According to the 2007 national census, they number 48,067 people (or 0.07% of the total population of Ethiopia), of whom 1,481 are urban dwellers.
A Daasanach woman | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Ethiopia 48,067 (2007 census) Kenya 19,337 (2019 Census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ethiopia, Kenya | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional African religions and Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Nilotic peoples, Aroid (South Omotic) peoples such as the Karo, and Cushitic peoples (primarily of the Western Omo–Tana branch) |
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