Gamu-Gofa
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 Goffa. First incorporated into Ethiopia by Emperor Menelik II in the 1880s , its capital was first at Chencha, then around 1965 the capital was moved to Arba Minch. This province was bordered on the west and north by Kaffa, on the north and east by Sidamo, on the southeast by Lake Chew Bahir, and on the south by Kenya and Lake Turkana.
Gamu-Gofa Province came into existence as a result of Proclamation 1943/1, which created 12 taklai ghizats from the existing 42 provinces of varying sizes. With the adoption of the new constitution in 1995, Gamu-Gofa was reorganized into the Semien Omo and Debub Omo Zones of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia.
Notes
Coordinates: 5°45′N 37°00′E / 5.750°N 37.000°E / 5.750; 37.000
Gamo
Gamo may refer to:
Gamo (air gun manufacturer)
Gamo is an airgun manufacturer. The company is based in Spain and is the largest producer of guns and rifles in Europe, and the largest producer of pellets in the world. The company was founded in 1959, as El Gamo, and airgun production first started in 1961. Today Gamo production includes rifles, pistols, ammunition and optics. They produce primarily high powered, high end air guns.
When Manganese Bronze Holdings liquidated what remained of the gun division of The Birmingham Small Arms Company in 1986 assets including the logo and the right to use the initials, BSA, were purchased by Gamo who have continued the air rifle business at Armoury Road, Small Heath, Birmingham B11 2PP under the name BSA Guns (UK) Limited.
During the 1970s in the UK El Gamo marketed two air rifles, the Marksman, a conventional .22 rifle with a fitted and already zeroed telescopic sight, and the Paratooper repeater, a .177 pistol-gripped repeating rifle incorporating a tubular magazine along the top of the cylinder, and using a rising/falling breech mechanism for positioning the pellet.
Gamō (surname)
Gamō is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Podcasts:
