Anyuak Zone or Anywaa Zone is a zone in Gambela Region of Ethiopia. It was created from former Administrative Zone 1 and Administrative Zone 2 of Gambela. This zone is bordered on the southwest by South Sudan, on the southeast by the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, on the east by Majang Zone, on the northeast by the Oromia Region, and on the northwest by South Sudan and Nuer Zone. Towns in this zone include Gambela, Abwobo and Pinyudo.
The terrain is mostly flat; rivers include the Baro, which is the only navigable river in Ethiopia, the Alworo and the Gilo; major bodies of water include Lakes Alworo and Thatha. A notable landmark is the Gambela National Park, which covers a large part of the Zone south of the Baro.
Anyuak Zone or Anywaa Zone is a zone in Gambela Region of Ethiopia. It was created from former Administrative Zone 1 and Administrative Zone 2 of Gambela...
Anuak may refer to: Anuak people, East Africa Anuak language, spoken primarily in the Western part of Ethiopia AnuakZone, Ethiopian region of Gambela...
Pibor River, on the east by Itang Special Woreda, on the South-East by AnuakZone. The administration town called Nyinenyang, also have five administrator...
Gambela Zuria was a woreda in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia. Part of the AnuakZone, Gambela Zuria is bordered on the south by Abobo, on the west by Itang...
Nilotic ethnic majority populations mainly inhabit the Gambela region: Nuer, Anuak (Anywaa-refugees), Majang and others. In 1994, the national census reported...
in Gambela Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Nuer Zone, Jikawo is bordered on the south by the AnuakZone, on the west by the Alwero River which separates...
Mezhenger Zone, Mengesh is bordered on the south and east by the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), on the west by AnuakZone, on the...
Nuer Zone, Wentawo is bordered on the south by Akobo, on the west and north by South Sudan, on the east by Jikawo, and on the southeast by AnuakZone; the...
for its speakers used by the Anuak. Ethiopian speakers live in five villages along the South Sudan border north of the Anuak and Nuer, and its South Sudanese...
Shewa Zone in the Amhara Region. The city and separate woreda of Gambela is surrounded by Gambela Zuria ("Greater Gambela") woreda, located in the Anuak Zone...
"Nilo-Saharan", a segment of the larger Nilo-Saharan family. Nilo-Saharan Anuak language (also in South Sudan) Berta language Gumuz language Kacipo-Balesi...
South Sudan. The largest ethnic groups among these include the Nuer and Anuak. The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, being an amalgam...
The Baro River (Amharic: ባሮ ወንዝ) or Baro/Openo Wenz, known to the Anuak as Openo River, is a river in southwestern Ethiopia, which defines part of Ethiopian...
the TPLF regime reportedly committed the Gambela massacre, against the Anuak minority in 2003, and massacres in Ogaden during the insurgency. With the...
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