Amaro Zone

The Amaro Koore people are the descendants of the Christian missioners of the north Ethiopian sematic peoples of Gonder, who were moved gradually through the northern shewa (menze) to the central and south-western Ethiopian lands of Damot (wolayta), Dawuro, Gamo Gofa, and surrounding areas of the region with their Christian traditions and heritages around the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries.

As the native of koore nation Theologian Jebdu kassahun evidentially assured and narrated, that was a time of ST. Abune Gebremenfes kidus, st.tekle Haymanot, and emperor Yikuno Amlak, who were preached and expanded Christianity to central and south western Ethiopian lands.

Amaro Kore people got zonal status in August 2023 A.D upon the formation of the South Ethiopia Regional State.

Much of the western part of this zone lies inside the (Enee Shanka) Nechisar National Park.

[4] This zone was selected as one of the three areas for Agri-Service Ethiopia to implement an Integrated Food Security Program.

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this zone has a total population of 1,700,000 of whom 1,000,000are men and 7,00,000 women.