
Mago
Ancestral land of the Mursi people, known for the lip plates worn by the women as ceremonial adornment
Area
2,162 km²
Declared in
1979
Region
Horn of Africa (Omo valley)
Climate
Tropical, Árido / desértico, Templado, Montañoso
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Ancestral land of the Mursi people, known for the lip plates worn by the women as ceremonial adornment
Declared in 1979, Mago is the ancestral land of the Mursi, known internationally for the clay lip plates that the women insert into the lower lip, working up in size from adolescence — a form of body adornment whose exact meaning (social standing, marriage value, group identity) is still debated by anthropologists, and which draws a growing cultural tourism not free of ethical controversy over its commercialisation.
Location
See on the interactive map26 species documented in Mago
At conservation risk:Elefante africano,Guepardo,Jirafa,León,Leopardo,Buitre orejudo,Cebra de Grevy,Gacela de Soemmerring,Órix de Beisa (órix de África oriental)
Endemic to Ethiopia:Gelada
Near ThreatenedBúfalo africano
Syncerus caffer
Least ConcernCocodrilo del Nilo
Crocodylus niloticus
EndangeredElefante africano
Loxodonta africana
VulnerableGuepardo
Acinonyx jubatus
VulnerableJirafa
Giraffa camelopardalis
Least ConcernKudú mayor
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Near ThreatenedKudú menor
Tragelaphus imberbis
VulnerableLeón
Panthera leo
VulnerableLeopardo
Panthera pardus
Agama de cabeza roja
Agama agama
Antílope alcelafo (hartebeest)
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Buitre orejudo
Torgos tracheliotos
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Ethiopia, where Mago lies.
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