Welega Oromo

Welega Oromo

Welega (also spelled Wallega, Wollega, etc.) is a branch of the Oromo people who live in Ethiopia in the former Welega Province; a few live across the border in Sudan. They speak West Central Oromo, a dialect of the Oromo language.

The population of this group is at several millions, many of them being Christians.


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