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Northern Ethiopian highlands
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The Tigray are a predominantly Christian Ethiopian people concentrated in the far northern highlands. The extract estimates that they represented 12 to 15 percent of the population and associates them with the Aksumite heritage. It also describes prolonged conflict involving Tigray or neighboring Eritreans and the Ethiopian government, as well as the exclusion of much of rural Tigray from the 1984 census because of hostilities.
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The Tigray occupy Ethiopia’s far northern highlands and are described as predominantly Christian. The extract estimates that they made up approximately 12 to 15 percent of the population. Their regional identity is linked to a claim on the heritage of Aksum, distinguishing Tigray from the areas described as dominated by Amhara authority.
The source places Tigray within a long-running history of armed conflict with the Ethiopian government. It states that Tigray people or their Eritrean neighbors had fought the government for almost three decades and had achieved many battlefield successes. This conflict also affected the production of demographic knowledge, since most rural areas of Tigray were excluded from the 1984 census because of hostilities.
Tigray’s position in the extract combines geographic concentration, Christian affiliation, historical memory, and political opposition. The people are presented not simply as a regional population but as an important actor in the tensions surrounding the Ethiopian state.
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Northern Ethiopian highlands
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The Tigray are a predominantly Christian Ethiopian people concentrated in the far northern highlands. The extract estimates that they represented 12 to 15 percent of the population and associates them with the Aksumite heritage. It also describes prolonged conflict involving Tigray or neighboring Eritreans and the Ethiopian government, as well as the exclusion of much of rural Tigray from the 1984 census because of hostilities.
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Le récit
The Tigray occupy Ethiopia’s far northern highlands and are described as predominantly Christian. The extract estimates that they made up approximately 12 to 15 percent of the population. Their regional identity is linked to a claim on the heritage of Aksum, distinguishing Tigray from the areas described as dominated by Amhara authority.
The source places Tigray within a long-running history of armed conflict with the Ethiopian government. It states that Tigray people or their Eritrean neighbors had fought the government for almost three decades and had achieved many battlefield successes. This conflict also affected the production of demographic knowledge, since most rural areas of Tigray were excluded from the 1984 census because of hostilities.
Tigray’s position in the extract combines geographic concentration, Christian affiliation, historical memory, and political opposition. The people are presented not simply as a regional population but as an important actor in the tensions surrounding the Ethiopian state.
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