Ambo
Ambo is a town in west-central Ethiopia. Located in the West Shewa Zone of Oromia Region, west of Addis Ababa, it is the capital city of West Shewa zone.
- Type: City with 54,200 residents
- Description: spa town in central Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Agere Hiywet”, “Agere Hiywet, Ambo, Hagere Hiywet, Hagerehiwot”, “Āmbo”, “Ambo, Ethiopia”, “Amboo”, “Hagere Hiwot”, “Hagere Hiywet”, “Hagere Hiywot”, “Hagere Hyjuet”, “Hagere-Hiywer”, “Hagerehiwot”, “አምቦ / Ambo”, and “アムボ”
Ambo
- Categories: district of Ethiopia and locality
- Location: Oromiya, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Egyptian Arabic: “آمبو”
- Finnish: “Ambo”
- French: “Ambo”
- Greek: “Άμπο”
- Gujarati: “અમ્બો”
- Hindi: “अम्बो”
- Indonesian: “Ambo”
- Italian: “Ambo”
- 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”
- Persian: “امبو، اتیوپی”
- Persian: “امبو”
- Polish: “Ambo”
- Portuguese: “Ambo”
- Romanian: “Ambo, Etiopia”
- Romanian: “Ambo”
- Russian: “Агэрэ-Хыйуот”
- Russian: “Амбо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ambo, Etiopija”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ambo”
- Sinhala: “ඇම්බෝ”
- South Azerbaijani: “امبو، اتیوپی”
- Spanish: “Ambo”
- Swahili: “Ambo, Oromia”
- Swahili: “Ambo”
- Swedish: “Ambo”
- Tamil: “அம்போ”
- Telugu: “అమ్బో”
- Thai: “อัมบอน”
- Turkish: “Ambo”
- Ukrainian: “Амбо”
- Urdu: “امبو، ایتھوپیا”
- Urdu: “امبو”
- Vietnamese: “Ambo”
- Zulu: “Ambo, Itiyopiya”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ambo Hospital and Īlamu.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Natural Water Pool - Ambo Ethiopia Hotel and Old Ambu Statium.
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