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    Gamu-Gofa was a province in the southern part of Ethiopia, named after two of the ethnic groups living within its boundaries, the Gamo and the Gofa. First...
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    the northeast by Shewa, on the east by Sidamo, and on the southeast by Gamu-Gofa. According to legend, ancestors of today's Kafficho people in southwest...
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    According to the old political division, Sidamo was bordered on the west by Gamu-Gofa, on the north by Shewa, on the north and east by Bale, a small portion...
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  • Ethiopia. The Vicariate Apostolic of Soddo comprises Wolayta, Dawro, Gamu Gofa, North and South Omo zones and Derashe, Konso and Konta special Weredas;...
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  • amendments. The 12 provinces were: Begemder Gojjam Wollo Shewa (Shoa) Gamu-Gofa Illubabor Kaffa Sidamo Tigray Welega Hararghe Arsi Bale was created as...
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  • whom 1,491 were males and 1,605 were females. Bulki was the capital of Gamu-Gofa from around 1928, replacing Berza. During the Italian occupation, the...
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    animals. The city succeeded Chencha as the provincial capital city of Gamu-Gofa. The oral tradition has it that Fitawrari Aemiro Selassie Abebe had to...
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    Shum of Bale. By 1935, he had also established himself as the Shum of Gamu-Gofa. During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Dejazmach Beyenne Merid commanded...
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    in 1987 by the Derg, who created the administrative unit from parts of Gamu-Gofa, Sidamo and Kaffa, based on the conclusion that the four ethnic groups—the...
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  • downfall, Wolde Giyorgis served as Governor of Arsi (1955–1960), and of Gamu-Gofa (1960–1961). He left Ethiopia for medical treatment, just before the Ethiopian...
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  • with them and preach to them until a church was formed. For example, in Gamu-Gofa, he set himself up as a merchant selling salt. In the market, he would...
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  • musicians from Shewa, Wollo, Begemder, Gojjam, Tigray, Eritrea, Welega, and Gamu-Gofa, in Addis Ababa, Harar, and Jijiga. While there she also devoted intensive...
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    Shoa 11 Gojjam 10 Eritrea 7 Wollega 6 Tigray 5 Addis Ababa 7 Illubabor 2 Kaffa 4 Arussi 4 Begemder 6 Gamu Gofa 10 Hararge 11 Source: Ethiopia Observer...
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  • ’áɸe hʌ́je síd'e ’áčʰә ’irɪ́nts dɔ́nʌ sútsʰ mεk‘ɨ́ts‘ mɪ́ts ’átsә m- sʊns Gofa ayp'e haytsa siide acc'a intsarsa doona sutsa mek'etta mitsa hatse m- suntsa...
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