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Oromiya

Ambo

Ambo is a town in west-central . Located in the of Oromia Region, west of , it is the capital city of West Shewa zone.
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  • Type: City with 54,200 residents
  • Description: spa town in central Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Agere Hiywet, Ambo, Hagere Hiywet, Hagerehiwot”, “Āmbo”, “Ambo, Ethiopia”, “Hagere Hiywet”, “Hagere Hiywot”, and “Hagere-Hiywer”

Ambo

Latitude
8.9821° or 8° 58′ 56″ north
Longitude
37.8554° or 37° 51′ 20″ east
Population
54,200
Elevation
2,089 metres (6,854 feet)
Open location code
6GWVXVJ4+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 266775102
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
335288
Wiki­data ID
Q1266796
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Ambo” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አምቦ”
  • Arabic: “آمبو”
  • Asturian: “Ambo”
  • Bengali: “আম্বু”
  • Catalan: “Ambo”
  • Cebuano: “Hāgere Hiywet”
  • Chinese: “安博”
  • Chinese: “安波”
  • Croatian: “Ambo, Etiopija”
  • Croatian: “Ambo”
  • Danish: “Ambo”
  • Dutch: “Ambo”
  • Dutch: “Hagere Hiwot”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “آمبو”
  • Finnish: “Ambo”
  • French: “Agere Hiywet”
  • French: “Ambo”
  • French: “Hagere Hiywet”
  • French: “Hagerehiwot”
  • Greek: “Άμπο”
  • Gujarati: “અમ્બો”
  • Hindi: “अम्बो”
  • Indonesian: “Ambo”
  • Italian: “Ambo”
  • Italian: “Hagere Hiwot”
  • Japanese: “アムボ”
  • Japanese: “アンボ (エチオピア)”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಬೋ”
  • Korean: “암보”
  • Latvian: “Ambo”
  • Lithuanian: “Ambas”
  • Malay: “Ambo”
  • Marathi: “अम्बो”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ambo”
  • Oromo: “Ambo”
  • Oromo: “Amboo”
  • Persian: “امبو، اتیوپی”
  • Polish: “Ambo”
  • Polish: “Hagere Hiwot”
  • Polish: “Hagere Hyjuet”
  • Portuguese: “Ambo”
  • Romanian: “Ambo, Etiopia”
  • Romanian: “Ambo”
  • Romanian: “Hagere Hiwot”
  • Russian: “Агэрэ-Хыйуот”
  • Russian: “Амбо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ambo, Etiopija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ambo”
  • Sinhala: “ඇම්බෝ”
  • South Azerbaijani: “امبو، اتیوپی”
  • Spanish: “Ambo”
  • Spanish: “Hagere Hiywet”
  • Swahili: “Ambo, Oromia”
  • Swahili: “Ambo”
  • Swedish: “Ambo”
  • Swedish: “Hagere Hiwot”
  • Tamil: “அம்போ”
  • Telugu: “అమ్బో”
  • Thai: “อัมบอน”
  • Turkish: “Ambo”
  • Ukrainian: “Амбо”
  • Urdu: “امبو”
  • Vietnamese: “Ambo”
  • Zulu: “Ambo, Itiyopiya”

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