Gambela is the historic home of the indigenous Anguak. In recent years there has been significant violence between the Anuak and more recently arrived Ethiopians, who are generally referred to as "Highlanders". The Incident was that the Agnuak people were killed by the highlanders backed up by the National Defence forces for three continues days, from Friday up to Sunday. The genocide left the Agnuak people weeping up to now, and demanded justice. In 1994, the national census reported the regions population to be 181,862 in 35,940 households, of whom 92,902 were men and 88,960 women; 27,424 or 15.08% of the population were urban inhabitants. (This total also includes an estimate for all 19 kebeles of one woreda and 6 kebeles in two other woredas, which were not counted; these areas were estimated to have 19,465 inhabitants, of whom 9,203 were men and 10,262 women.) The six largest ethnic groups of the region were the Nuer (39.7%), the Anywaa (27.45%), Amhara (7.74%), Oromo (6.49%), Majang (5.76%), and Kafficho (4.18%); all other ethnic groups made up 8.68% of the population. Nuer is spoken as a first language by 39.72%, 27.47% speak Anywaa, 8.44% Amharic, 6.45% Afaan Oromoo , and 5.75% speak Majang; the remaining 12.17% spoke all other primary languages reported. The projected population for 2017 was 435,999.