Gambella Region

The Gambela Region, also spelled Gambella, and officially the Gambela Peoples' Region, is a regional state in western . Previously known as Region 12, its capital and largest city is .
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  • Type: region of Ethiopia with 436,000 residents
  • Description: regional state of Ethiopia
  • Also known as: Gambela”, “Gambēla Hizboch”, “Gambela Peoples‘ Region”, “Gambela Region”, “Gambela Regional State”, “Gambella”, and “The State of Gambela Peoples

Gambella Region

Latitude
7.8333° or 7° 50′ north
Longitude
34.5° or 34° 30′ east
Population
436,000
Elevation
473 metres (1,552 feet)
Open location code
6GVPRGM2+82
Geo­Names ID
444183
Wiki­data ID
Q207638
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Gambella Region” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: Gambēla Hizboch Kilil
  • Amharic: ጋምቤላ ሕዝቦች ክልል
  • Arabic: جامبيلا
  • Armenian: Գամբելայի մարզ
  • Bengali: গাম্বেলা প্রদেশ
  • Breton: Gambela
  • Bulgarian: Гамбела (регион)
  • Bulgarian: Гамбела
  • Catalan: Gambela
  • Catalan: Gambella
  • Catalan: Regió Gambela
  • Cebuano: Gambela Region
  • Chinese: 甘貝拉州
  • Chinese: 甘贝拉州
  • Croatian: Gambela
  • Czech: Gambela
  • Danish: Gambela Region
  • Danish: Gambela
  • Dutch: Gambela Hizboch
  • Dutch: Gambela
  • Egyptian Arabic: جامبلا
  • Esperanto: Gambelo
  • Finnish: Gambela
  • French: Gambela
  • French: Gambella
  • Galician: Rexión de Gambela
  • Georgian: გამბელის რეგიონი
  • German: ET-GA
  • German: Gambela
  • German: Gambella
  • Greek: Γκαμπέλα
  • Gujarati: ગેમ્બેલા પ્રદેશ
  • Hebrew: גמבלה
  • Hindi: गाम्बेला प्रदेश
  • Hungarian: Gambela
  • Indonesian: Region Gambela
  • Italian: Regione di Gambela
  • Italian: regione di Gambella
  • Italian: Regione di Gambella
  • Japanese: ガンベラ州
  • Kannada: ಗ್ಯಾಂಬೆಲ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
  • Korean: 감벨라주
  • Latvian: Gambelas kiliks
  • Lithuanian: Gambelos regionas
  • Malay: Gambela Region
  • Marathi: जुगाला प्रदेश
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gambela
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Gambelaregionen
  • Norwegian: Gambela
  • Occitan (post 1500): Estat regional de Gambela
  • Oromo: Naannoo Gaambeellaa
  • Persian: منطقه گامبلا
  • Polish: Gambela
  • Polish: Gambiela
  • Polish: Region Ludów Gambeli
  • Portuguese: Gambela
  • Romanian: Statul Gambela
  • Russian: Гамбела
  • Serbian: Region Gambela
  • Serbian: Регион Гамбела
  • Serbo-Croatian: Regija Gambela
  • Sinhala: ගැම්බෙලා කලාපය
  • Spanish: Gambela
  • Spanish: Gambella
  • Spanish: Región de Gambela
  • Swahili: Gambela
  • Swahili: Jimbo la Gambela
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Gambela
  • Swedish: Broken/Gambela Hizboch
  • Swedish: Gambela Hizboch
  • Swedish: Gambella Hizboch
  • Tamil: கம்பேலா பகுதி
  • Tamil: கம்பேலா பிரதேசம்
  • Telugu: గాంబెలా ప్రాంతం
  • Thai: แกมเบลา
  • Turkish: Gambela Bölgesi
  • Ukrainian: Гамбела
  • Urdu: گامبیلا ریجن
  • Urdu: گامبیلا علاقہ
  • Vietnamese: Gambela
  • Western Armenian: Կամպելա (մարզ)
  • Western Armenian: Կամպելա
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ گمبیلا
  • Wu Chinese: 甘贝拉州
  • Yue Chinese: 甘貝拉州
  • Zulu: Gambela Region

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