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Construction of an asphalt road 102 kilometers in length and connecting Gambela City with Jikawo by way of Itang was begun in 2008 with a budget over 446 million Birr. [17] As of 2015, Indian investors have acquired 6,000 square km of land in the Gambela region, following other investors, for agricultural land from the central government. This ...
St. Joseph Cathedral [1] (Amharic: ቅዱስ ዮሴፍ ካቴድራል) is a Catholic cathedral located in the town of Gambela, Gambela Region, Ethiopia. [2]It is a Latin Church congregation that is part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella (Vicariatus Apostolicus Gambellensis) which was created on 16 November 2000.
Gambela (Amharic: ጋምቤላ), also spelled Gambella, is a city and separate woreda in Ethiopia and the capital of the Gambela Region. Located in Anyuak Zone , at the confluence of the Baro River and its tributary the Jajjabe, the city has a latitude and longitude of 8°15′N 34°35′E / 8.250°N 34.583°E / 8.250; 34.583 and an ...
On 16 November 2000 it was established as Apostolic prefecture of Gambella, on territory split-off from the Apostolic Prefecture of Jimma–Bonga, the only other one in Ethiopia observing the Roman rite (like all five Apostolic vicariates in the predominantly Coptic country).
Administrative Zone 1 was one of the three zones of the Ethiopian Region of Gambela. This zone was bordered on the south by Administrative Zone 2, on the west by Administrative Zone 3 and on the north and east by the Oromia Region. It was later added to Anuak Zone. Towns and cities in this zone included Itang and Gambela.
Gambela(Named after ANUAK chief who lived alone in a hut [Ken Doig in Menelik's journal (philatelic, USA) p323-324] This is a list of the woredas (districts), in their zones of the Gambela Region of Ethiopia , based from materials on the Central Statistical Agency website.
Map of the regions and zones of Ethiopia showing the current Gambela zones. Administrative Zone 2 was one of the three zones of the Ethiopian Region of Gambela.This zone was bordered by South Sudan and the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region on the south, Administrative Zone 3 on the west, Administrative Zone 1 on the north, and the Godere special woreda on the east.
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