Daasanach people

Daasanach
	A Daasanach woman
Total population
	Ethiopia 48,067 (2007 census) ; Kenya 19,337 (2019 Census)
Regions with significant populations
	Ethiopia, Kenya
Languages
	Daasanach; Amharic (second language);
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)

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.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Census 2007" Archived February 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, first draft, Table 5. A further 1,469 are recorded as being "Murle".
^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics" (PDF). Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b López, Saioa; Tarekegn, Ayele; Band, Gavin; van Dorp, Lucy; Bird, Nancy; Morris, Sam; Oljira, Tamiru; Mekonnen, Ephrem; Bekele, Endashaw; Blench, Roger; Thomas, Mark G.; Bradman, Neil; Hellenthal, Garrett (2021-06-11). "Evidence of the interplay of genetics and culture in Ethiopia" (PDF). Nature Communications. 12 (1): 3581. Bibcode:2021NatCo..12.3581L. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23712-w. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 8196081. PMID 34117245.
^ Estella S. Poloni; Yamama Naciri; Rute Bucho; Régine Niba; Barbara Kervaire; Laurent Excoffier; André Langaney; Alicia Sanchez-Mazas (November 2009). "Genetic Evidence for Complexity in Ethnic Differentiation and History in East Africa". Annals of Human Genetics. 73 (6): 582–600. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00541.x. PMID 19706029. S2CID 2488794.

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[2007-census-1] "Census 2007" Archived February 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, first draft, Table 5. A further 1,469 are recorded as being "Murle".

[Census2019-2] "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics" (PDF). Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[Lopez1-3] López, Saioa; Tarekegn, Ayele; Band, Gavin; van Dorp, Lucy; Bird, Nancy; Morris, Sam; Oljira, Tamiru; Mekonnen, Ephrem; Bekele, Endashaw; Blench, Roger; Thomas, Mark G.; Bradman, Neil; Hellenthal, Garrett (2021-06-11). "Evidence of the interplay of genetics and culture in Ethiopia" (PDF). Nature Communications. 12 (1): 3581. Bibcode:2021NatCo..12.3581L. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23712-w. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 8196081. PMID 34117245.

[Poloni1-5] Estella S. Poloni; Yamama Naciri; Rute Bucho; Régine Niba; Barbara Kervaire; Laurent Excoffier; André Langaney; Alicia Sanchez-Mazas (November 2009). "Genetic Evidence for Complexity in Ethnic Differentiation and History in East Africa". Annals of Human Genetics. 73 (6): 582–600. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00541.x. PMID 19706029. S2CID 2488794.

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Total population
A Daasanach woman
Ethiopia 48,067 (2007 census)^[1] Kenya 19,337 (2019 Census) ^[2]
Regions with significant populations
Ethiopia, Kenya
Languages
Daasanach Amharic (second language)
Religion
Traditional African religions and Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Nilotic peoples,^[3]^[a] Aroid (South Omotic) peoples such as the Karo,^[3] and Cushitic peoples (primarily of the Western Omo–Tana branch)^[4]