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4 unusual facts about Mirab Welega Zone


Anfillo language

The term Anfillo is used to refer both to the language and the people found in a small community in the Anfillo woreda, part of the Mirab Welega Zone.

Battle of Guté Dili

The Battle of Guté Dili was fought on 14 October 1888 between an alliance of the Shewan forces of Ras Gobana Dacche and the Oromo ruler of Leqa Naqamte, Moroda Bekere, and Mahdist forces under governor Khalil al-Khuzani near Nejo in the modern Mirab Welega Zone of the Oromia Region.

Hozo language

Hozo is an Afroasiatic language spoken mostly in the Kondala woreda of Mirab Welega Zone (Western Oromia) by peoples generically known as "Mao".

Mao languages

Hozo and Seze (often described together as 'Begi Mao') spoken around Begi in the Mirab (West) Welega Zone of the Oromia Region, and



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