Tigray Region: Difference between revisions

== Demographics ==

[[File:Santarfas washing place.jpg|thumb|Tigrayan women washing clothes in [[Santarfa]]]]

 

Based on the 2007 census conducted by the [[Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)|Central Statistical Agency]] of Ethiopia (CSA), the Tigray Region has a population of 4,316,988, of whom 2,126,465 are men and 2,190,523 women; urban inhabitants number 844,040 or 19.55% of the population. With an estimated area of 84,722&nbsp;km², the region had an estimated density of 51 people per km². In the entire region 992,635 households were counted, for an average of 4.4 people per household, with urban households having on average 3.4 and rural households 4.6.<ref name="Census07"/>

 

=== Ethnicity ===

 

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}}