Bīnshangul Gumuz
Benishangul-Gumuz is a regional state in northwestern Ethiopia bordering Sudan. It was previously known as Region 6. The region's capital is Assosa. Following the adoption of the 1995 constitution, the region was created from the westernmost portion of the Gojjam province, and the northwestern portion of the Welega Province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: region of Ethiopia with 1,130,000 residents
- Description: one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Beneshangual Gumz Regional State”, “Benishangul-Gumuz Region”, “Benshangul/Gumaz”, “Region 6”, and “The State of Benshangul/Gumuz”
Bīnshangul Gumuz
- Location: Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Bīnshangul Gumuz” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “Bīnshangul Gumuz Kilil”
- Amharic: “ቤንሻንጉል ጉሙዝ ክልል”
- Amharic: “ቤንሻንጉል-ጉምዝ ክልል”
- Amharic: “ቤንሻንጉል-ጉምዝ”
- Arabic: “بني شنقول - قماز”
- Arabic: “بني شنقول-قماز”
- Arabic: “بنيشنقول-قماز”
- Bengali: “বেনসিংগল-গামুজ অঞ্চল”
- Breton: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Bulgarian: “Бенишангул-Гумуз”
- Catalan: “Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Catalan: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Catalan: “Regió Benixangul-Gumuz”
- Cebuano: “Benishangul-Gumuz Region”
- Chinese: “本尚古勒-古馬茲州”
- Chinese: “本尚古勒-古马兹州”
- Croatian: “Benišangul-Gumuz”
- Czech: “Beningšangul-Gumuz”
- Danish: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Dutch: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Dutch: “Benshangul-Gumaz”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بني شنقول-قماز”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بنيشنقول-قماز”
- Esperanto: “Beniŝangul-Gumazo”
- Esperanto: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Esperanto: “Benŝangulo-Gumuzo”
- Finnish: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- French: “Bénishangoul-Gumez”
- French: “Benishangul-Gumaz”
- French: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- French: “région Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Galician: “Rexión de Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Georgian: “ბენიშანგულ-გუმუზის რეგიონი”
- German: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- German: “ET-BE”
- Greek: “Μπενισανγούλ Γκουμούζ”
- Gujarati: “બેનિશાન્ગુલ-ગુમુઝ પ્રદેશ”
- Hebrew: “בנישנגול-גומאז”
- Hindi: “बेनिशंगुल-गुमुज़ प्रदेश”
- Hungarian: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Indonesian: “Region Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Indonesian: “Region Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Italian: “Benisciangul-Gumaz”
- Italian: “Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Italian: “Regione Beni Sciangul-Gunza”
- Italian: “regione Benisciangul-Gumus”
- Italian: “Regione Benisciangul-Gumus”
- Italian: “Regione di Benisciangul-Gumaz”
- Italian: “Regione di Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Italian: “Regione di Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Japanese: “ベニシャングル・グムズ州”
- Kannada: “ಬೆನಿಶಂಗುಲ್-ಗುಮುಜ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Korean: “베니샹굴구무즈주”
- Latvian: “Benišangula Gumiza”
- Latvian: “Benišangulas Gumizas kiliks”
- Lithuanian: “Benišangul-Gumuzo regionas”
- Lithuanian: “Benišangul-Gumuzų regionas”
- Lithuanian: “Benišangulio-Gumuzo regionas”
- Malay: “Benishangul-Gumuz Region”
- Marathi: “बेनिशंगुल-गमझ प्रदेश”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benishangul-Gumazregionen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Norwegian: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Benishangol e Gomoz”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Estat regional de Benishangol e Gomoz”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Benishaangul-Gumuz”
- Persian: “منطقه بنیشانگول-گوموز”
- Polish: “Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Polish: “Beniszengul-Gumaz”
- Polish: “Benshangul-Gumuz”
- Polish: “Bienszangul-Gumuz”
- Portuguese: “Benichangul-Gumaz”
- Portuguese: “Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Romanian: “Statul Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Russian: “Бенишангул-Гумуз”
- Russian: “Бенишангуль-Гумуз”
- Serbian: “Region Benišangul-Gumuz”
- Serbian: “Бенишангул-Гумаз”
- Serbian: “Бенишангул-Гумуз”
- Serbian: “Регион Бенишангул-Гумуз”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Benišangul-Gumuz”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Regija Benišangul-Gumaz”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Regija Benišangul-Gumuz”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Regija Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Regija Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Sinhala: “බෙනිෂන්ගුල් -ගුමුස් කලාපය”
- Spanish: “Benishangul gumaz”
- Spanish: “Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Spanish: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Spanish: “Benishangul/Gumaz”
- Spanish: “Benshangul Gumaz”
- Spanish: “Benshangul-Gumaz”
- Spanish: “Región Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Swahili: “Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Swahili: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Swahili: “Jimbo la Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Swedish: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Swedish: “Benshangul Gumaz”
- Swedish: “Benshangul-Gumaz”
- Swedish: “Binshangul Gumuz”
- Swedish: “Binshangul-Gumuz”
- Tamil: “பெனிசாங்குல்-குமுஸ் பிரதேசம்”
- Tamil: “பெனிஷங்குள் -குமுஸ் பகுதி”
- Telugu: “బెనిస్హాంగుల్-గుముజ్ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “แถบเบนิชันกุล-กูมุซ”
- Turkish: “Benishangul-Gumuz Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Бенішангул-Гумуз”
- Urdu: “بینشانگول-گوموز ریجن”
- Urdu: “بینشانگول-گوموز علاقہ”
- Vietnamese: “Benishangul-Gumuz”
- Western Armenian: “Պենիշանկիւլ Կիւմիւզ նահանգ”
- Wu Chinese: “本尚古勒-古马兹州”
- Yue Chinese: “本尚古勒-古馬茲州”
- Zulu: “Benishangul-Gumaz”
- Zulu: “Benishangul-Gumuz Region”
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