The current Hadiya Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, is located approximately where this former kingdom was.
The Hadiya Zone is named after the Hadiya people, whose homeland covers part of this administrative division.
The four largest ethnic groups reported in Hadiya were the Hadiya (90.04%), the Kambaata (1.96%), the Gurage (1.53%), and the Amhara (1.32%); all other ethnic groups made up 5.15% of the population.
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However, in a press conference held by Dr. Beyene Petros in the following month, he accused local cadres of the ruling party of avenging their electoral losses, telling drought victims in Hadiya, who asked for assistance, to go "ask Beyene".
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Hadiya is spoken as a first language by 79.6%, 10.13% Silte, 3.2% spoke Kambaata, 2.65% spoke Amharic, and 1% spoke Soddo Gurage; the remaining 3.42% spoke all other primary languages reported.
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The five largest ethnic groups reported in Hadiya were the Hadiya (78.16%), the Silte (10.13%), the Kambaata (2.22%), the Soddo Gurage (1.8%), and the Amhara (1.63%); all other ethnic groups made up 6.06% of the population.
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Hadiya is spoken as a first language by 90.94%, 2.24% spoke Amharic, and 1.94% spoke Kambaata; the remaining 4.88% spoke all other primary languages reported.
Most speakers live in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in the Hadiya Zone around the town Hosaena.
Hosaena (also spelled Hosaina or Hosa'ina; an older name is Wachamo) is a town and separate woreda in southern Ethiopia, and the administrative center of the Hadiya Zone.
In 1554-55, Nur departed on a Jihad, or Holy War, in the eastern Ethiopian lowlands of Bale, and Hadiya.
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Its inhabitants were predominantly Moslem, and similar in customs, economic conditions, and ethnic affiliations to its neighboring provinces of Hadiya and Arababni.