Gambela, (Amharic:ጋምቤላ?) also official known as Gambela Peoples' Region, is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia. Previously known as "Region 12", its capital is Gambela. The Region is situated between the Baro and Akobo Rivers, with its western part including the Baro salient.
Located in Gambela is Gambela National Park, which covers approximately 5,061 square kilometers or 17% of the Region's territory.
Demographics
Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), the Gambela Region has total population of 307,096, consisting of 159,787 men and 147,309 women; urban inhabitants number 77,925 or 25.37% of the population. With an estimated area of 29,782.82 square kilometers, this region has an estimated density of 10 people per square kilometer. For the entire Region 66,467 households were counted, which results in an average for the Region of 4.6 persons to a household, with urban households having on average 3.8 and rural households 4.9 people. The Gambela Region is mainly inhabited by various Nilotic ethnic minority populations (Nuer 46.66%, Anuak 21.16%, Mezhenger 4%), as well as some Omotic groups (Kafficho 5.04%, Shakacho 2.27%), Afro-Asiatic populations (Amhara 8.42%, Oromo 4.83%, Kambaata 1.44%, Tigray 1.32%), and other ethnic groups predominantly from southern Ethiopia 4.86%. Nuer is spoken as a first language by 48.35%, 22.02% speak Anuak, 11.11% Amharic, 4.85% Oromiffa, 4.65% Kafa, 2.48% Shakacho, 1.47% speak Kambaata, and 1.32% speak Tigrinya; the remaining 3.75% spoke all other primary languages reported. 70.1% of the region's population are Protestant, 16.8% Orthodox Christian, 4.9% Muslim, 3.8% practice traditional religions, 3.4% Catholic Gambela is the historic home of the indigenous Anuak. In recent years there has been significant violence between the Anuak and more recently arrived Ethiopians, who are generally referred to as "Highlanders".
They know, for example, ways of recycling water for washing, irrigation and livestock, like the women pastoralists of the Anuak people in Ethiopia’s Gambela region, know how and when to move their ...
Fighting in the Amhara region began more than a year ago with a dispute over the disarming of regional paramilitary forces ... Six of the killings took place in the Amhara region, while one happened in Tigray and the other occurred in the Gambela area.
There are still instabilities in some other regions, like Benishangul, or Gambela, or terrorism in the Somali region with Al Shabab ... This a very important question because, as we just said, Amhara is a region where there is war.
There are still instabilities in some other regions, like Benishangul, or Gambela, or terrorism in the Somali region with Al Shabab ... This a very important question because, as we just said, Amhara is a region where there is war.
... rainfall and river overflows, resulting in flooding and mudslides, affected about 1.5 million individuals, primarily in the regions of Somali, Oromia, Afar, Southern Ethiopia, and Gambela regions.
... and November, flooding and mudslides from heavy rainfall and river overflows have affected about 1.5 million people, mainly in the Somali, Oromia, Afar, Southern, and Gambela regions of Ethiopia.
... November, flooding and mudslides from heavy rainfall and river overflows have affected an estimated 1.5 million people, mainly in the Somali, Oromia, Afar, Southern, and Gambela regions of Ethiopia.
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(US-New York-Crash). - - - - ... - - - -. ADDIS ABABA -- Thirty refugees have died in Ethiopia's southwestern region of Gambela due to hunger and malnutrition, the state-backed EthiopianHuman Rights Commission (EHRC) said on Wednesday evening ... - - - -.
21 (Xinhua) -- Thirty refugees have died in Ethiopia's southwestern region of Gambela due ... Gambela Region has hosted tens of thousands of South Sudanese refugees who have fled civil conflict since 2013.
