Agaw People - Subgroups

Subgroups

• The Northern Agaw are known as Bilen, capital Keren
• The Western Agaw are known as Qemant, capital Gondar
• The Eastern Agaw are known as Xamta, capital Soqota
• The Southern Agaw are known as Awi, capital Injibara

Also included in this ethnic grouping are the Beta Israel, who formerly lived in the northern Amhara region with the Qemant and Qwara, but in the late 1990s nearly all of this group had emigrated to Israel.