Historically, the Kingdom of Wolaita was ruled by more than fifty kings.
[citation needed]q The rulers used the title Kawo.
(In traditional oral sources, where the state of Wolayta also existed during the Aksumite empire, or even earlier, with more than 42 dynasties.
[citation needed] The exact number of kings in each dynasty varies depending on the source.
The following were the rulers of the Wolayta kingdom and province in present-day southern Ethiopia.