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=== Ethnicity ===
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With 96.55% of the local population, the region is predominantly inhabited by the [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]]-speaking [[Tigrayans|Tigrayan people]]. The Tigrinya language belongs to the [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] branch of the [[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]] family of languages. Most other residents hail from other [[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]]-speaking communities, including the [[Amhara people|Amhara]], [[Irob people|Irob]], [[Afar people|Afar]], [[Agaw people|Agaw]] and [[Oromo people|Oromo]]. Partly assimilated Oromo live in remoter villages in [[Raya Azebo]] and [[Alamata (woreda)]], whereas there are Agaw in [[Abergele (woreda)]]. There are also [[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]-speaking [[Kunama people|Kunama]] as well.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
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