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The Gambela Region, also spelled Gambella, and officially the Gambela Peoples' Region (Amharic: ጋምቤላ ሕዝቦች ክልል), is a regional state in western Ethiopia. Previously known as Region 12 , its capital and largest city is Gambela .
The Ethiopian government has taken an increased interest in providing stability in the Gambela Region due to the recent discovery of petroleum and gold in the area. [ 6 ] As a result of inter-ethnic violence, and alleged discrimination from the Ethiopian government, a sizeable Anuak diaspora began to form during the 1990s and 2000s.
Gambela (Amharic: ጋምቤላ), also spelled Gambella, is a city and separate woreda in Ethiopia and the capital of the Gambela Region. Located in Anyuak Zone , at the confluence of the Baro River and its tributary the Jajjabe, the city has a latitude and longitude of 8°15′N 34°35′E / 8.250°N 34.583°E / 8.250; 34.583 and an ...
Here is an overview of the history of the Majang people in the Gambella region of Ethiopia: the Majang are an ethnic group indigenous to the Gambella region of western Ethiopia, near the border with South Sudan. They are agriculturalist people and their zone comprise the highest economy of the region, numbering around 50,000 people.
Dimma is a woreda in Gambela Region, Ethiopia.Part of the Anuak Zone, Dimma is bordered on the southeast by the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), on the southwest by the Akobo River which separates it from South Sudan, on the north by Gog, and on the northeast by the Mezhenger Zone.
A notable landmark is the Gambela National Park, which embraces the woreda south of the Baro. The economy of Itang is predominantly agricultural. There are no agricultural cooperatives, no documented roads, and little other infrastructure. [2] The woreda is one of the highly affected woredas by floods.
Baro River in Gambela. This is chronology of Gambela city, the capital of Gambela Region of Ethiopia. 15 May 1902 – Emperor Menelik II granted Britain use of port along with Baro River. [1] [2] 1911–1917 – Over 70% of external trade of Ethiopia came through Djibouti, though trade rate was the fastest in Gambela until Italian conquest. [3]
Like the Gambela Region, Benishangul-Gumuz is historically closely linked to neighbouring areas of Sudan, and to a lesser extent to the Ethiopian Highlands. These regions served as slave-hunting grounds since Aksumite times, and their Nilosaharan -speaking inhabitants were pejoratively called Shanqella (Šanqəlla, also Shanqila, Shankella) by ...