Gambela, Ethiopia

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Gambela (also spelled Gambella, Amharic ጋምቤላ ) is a town in western Ethiopia. It is the regional capital Gambela. In 2005, she had 31 282 inhabitants according to the census.

The place was on Baro - a tributary of the Nile - founded to export by ship goods from Ethiopia in the Anglo -Egyptian Sudan and Egypt. Menelik II allowed the UK in 1902 the construction of a harbor at Baro, and in 1907 the port and a customs station were opened. There was a boat service to Khartoum set up, in the rainy season perverted the mid-1930s two times a month and seven downstream, upstream required eleven days. Haile Selassie granted in 1927, two Greeks concessions for the construction of a road to Metu and Gore.

As Fascist Italy occupied Ethiopia in 1936, the ship's connection to Sudan has been set. The Italians built a road to Nekemte. 1941 ended Britain, the Italian occupation of Ethiopia and thus also in Gambela. A new Anglo- Ethiopian Treaty in 1944 did away with most British privileges in Gambela, yet it remained a British enclave in Ethiopia. The Sudan, which gained its independence in 1956, the area finally gave completely to Ethiopia.

In 1994, of 18.263 inhabitants 33.8 % Anuak, Oromo 26.1%, Amhara 14%, 10.4%, Nuer, Tigray 6.5% and 4.3% Kambaata.

Traditionally, the Anuak and the Nuer are the largest ethnic groups in Gambela. Since the mid- 1980s, however, many Ethiopians came mainly through government resettlement campaigns from other parts of the country in the region. They are referred to in Gambela as highlanders ( " Highlander "). Between Nuer, Anuak and " highlands " there were constant conflicts. From 13 December 2003, came after an attack, which was allegedly committed by Anuak, for three days of riots by " highlands " and Ethiopian soldiers. This Anuak neighborhoods were destroyed and more than 400 people, almost exclusively Anuak killed.

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  • Place in Gambela
  • British Colonial History ( Africa)
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  • Place in Africa
Baro River Menelik II. Italian East Africa Anuak people Amhara people Nuer people Tigray-Tigrinya people
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