Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Regional state in southwestern Ethiopia Regional state in Ethiopia Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region Regional state From left: Lake Chamo ; Hamer people ; Sunset on Lake Awasa ; Welayta and Kambaata dance respectively Flag Seal Map of Ethiopia showing Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region Country Ethiopia Administrative headquarters Hawassa Government • Chief Administrator Erstu Yirdaw ( Prosperity Party ) Area • Total 54,400 km 2 (21,000 sq mi) • Rank 5 [1] Population (2017) • Total 9,126,000 [2] • Rank 4 [3] ISO 3166 code ET-SN HDI (2019) 0.488 [4] low · 6th of 11 The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR ; is a regional state in southwestern Ethiopia . It was formed from t