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...

the northeast by Shewa, on the east by Sidamo, and on the southeast by Gamu-Gofa. According to legend, ancestors of today's Kaffa people in southwest Ethiopia...

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...

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...

amendments. The 12 provinces were: Begemder Gojjam Wollo Shewa (Shoa) Gamu-Gofa Illubabor Kaffa Sidamo Tigray Welega Hararghe Arsi Bale was created as...

Ethiopia. The Vicariate Apostolic of Soddo comprises Wolayta, Dawro, Gamu Gofa, North and South Omo zones and Derashe, Konso and Konta special Weredas;...

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...

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...

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...

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...