Karrayyu

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The Karrayyu (also Kerrayu, Karrayyuu) are an Oromo clan inhabiting the Awash Valley banks of Abadir and Merti area in central Ethiopia. [1] They are pastoralists. [2] Karrayyu neighbor the Afar and Argobba people. [3] It is believed the extinct Harla ethnicity were assimilated into Karrayyu Oromo in eastern Shewa. [4] [5] [6]

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The Karrayyu are known to have migrated to Metehara the capital of the Harla Kingdom. [7] [8]

The Karrayyu inhabit the Afar Region, Oromia, Somali Region. [7]

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References

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