.jpg) Mursi men | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 11,500 (2007) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Southwestern Ethiopia (Debub Omo Zone) | |
| Languages | |
| Mursi language | |
| Religion | |
| Animism, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Me'en, Suri, Kwegu | |
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The Mursi (or Mun as they refer to themselves)[1][2] are a Surmic ethnic group in Ethiopia. They principally reside in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, close to the border with South Sudan. According to the 2007 national census, there are 11,500 Mursi, 848 of whom live in urban areas; of the total number, 92.25% live in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR).[3]
Surrounded by mountains between the Omo River and its tributary the Mago, the home of the Mursi is one of the most isolated regions of the country. Their neighbors include the Aari, the Banna, the Mekan, the Karo, the Kwegu, the Nyangatom and the Suri. They are grouped together with the Me'en and Kwegu by the Ethiopian government under the name Surma.[4]
- ^ Turton, David (1973). The Social Organisation of the Mursi: A Pastoral Tribe of the Lower Omo Valley, South West Ethiopia. London School of Economics: PhD Thesis.
- ^ "Introducing the Mursi". University of Oxford. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ 2007 Ethiopian census, first draft, Ethiopian Central Statistical Agency (accessed 6 May 2009)
- ^ "Neighbours". Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Retrieved 11 January 2013.