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Gambella (Ethiopia)

Gambella National Regional State

(1)
by Jorge Candeias, 16 December 1999

(2)
by Zeljko Heimer, 18 June 2002

Presentation of Gambella
Flag of Gambella

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Presentation of Gambella

According to the Ethiopian Parliament site, the state of the Gambella Peoples is "located in the western tip of Ethiopia bordering with the Sudan in the west, south, and north, the State of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples in the south and east; and with the State of Oromiya in the north and east." It "is composed of two administrative zones and eight woredas" and "the area of the State is estimated at 25,274 square kilometers (not including a woreda recently integrated in to the region)". So it is a pretty small state at the ethiopian scale. The capital is Gambella.
A vist to the atlas showed me that Gambella is a relatively unimportant city by the Baro river in the western portion of the old province of Ilubabor, only about 20 km to the south of the border with the old province of Welega.
Despite being a small state, Gambella is quite diverse, ethnically, and the population estimated in only 181,862 inhabitants (in 94) includes many ethnic groups. As they put it, "the main nationalities of the State are Nuer, Agnuak, Mezhenger, Apana and Komo. Moreover, the Oromo, Amhara, Kembta, Keffa, Tigray and other nations and nationalities live in the State. Of the total ethnic composition the Nuer consists 40%, the Agnuak 27%, Amhara 8%, Oromo 6%, Mezhenger 5.8%, Keffa 4.1%, Mocha 2%, Tigrawa