Gombe may refer to:
Places
Place may refer to:
Geography
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Gombe State
Gombe State ( ff, Leyddi Gommbe 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤺𞤮𞤥𞥆𞤦𞤫) is a state in northeastern Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by the state of Borno and Yobe, to the south by Taraba State, to the southeast by Adamawa State ...
, Nigeria
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Gombe, Nigeria
''Gombe'' (Fula: Gelle/Wuro Gombe 𞤺𞤫𞥅𞤤𞥆𞤫/𞤱𞤵𞥅𞤪𞤮 𞤺𞤮𞤥𞤥𞤦𞤫) is the capital city of Gombe State, north-eastern Nigeria, with an estimated population of 261,536. The city is the headquarters of Gombe ...
, the capital of Gombe State
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Gombe, Angola
Gombe is a town and commune in the municipality of Nambuangongo
Nambuangongo is a town and municipality in Bengo Province in Angola
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Gombe, Butambala
Gombe, Butambala, often referred to simply as Gombe, is a municipality in Butambala District in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of the district and the site of the district headquar ...
, the capital of Butambala District in Central Uganda
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Gombe, Wakiso
Gombe, is a small town in Wakiso District in the Central Region of Uganda.
Location
Gombe is approximately , by road, northwest of Matugga on the Matugga-Kapeeka Road. Gombe is approximately , by road, north of Kampala, the capital and larges ...
, a town in Wakiso District, Central Uganda
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Gombe, Kinshasa
Gombe or La Gombe is a municipality (''commune'') in the Lukunga district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formerly known as Kalina, after Lieutenant E. Kallina - an Austro-Hungarian soldier who volun ...
, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Gömbe, Kaş
Gömbe is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Kaş, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,260 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large ...
, a community in the Turkish Riviera
People
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Christian Gombe
Christian Gombe (born 22 February 1962) is a Central African basketball player. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics with the Central African Republic national basketball team
The Central African Republic national basketball team is administ ...
(born 1962), Central African Republic basketball player
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Kabiru Gombe
Kabir Muhammad Haruna popularly known as Kabiru Gombe is a Nigerian Islamic scholar and preacher. He has been the present National Secretary General of the Jama'atu Izalatil Bid'ah wa Iqamatus Sunnah, the largest Salafiyyah movement in Nigeria,s ...
, Nigerian Islamic teacher under izalah
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Samson Gombe
Samson Gombe FAAS FTWAS (5 November 1938 – 4 February 1989) was a Kenyan professor of Biological Systems and Organisms. He was a Fellow of Third World Academy of Sciences and a Founding Fellow and Secretary of African Academy of Sciences.
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(1938–1989), Kenyan scientist and professor
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Cyclone Gombe
Intense Tropical Cyclone Gombe was a strong tropical cyclone that affected Mozambique. It became the first storm to make a major landfall in Nampula Province in Mozambique since Cyclone Jokwe in 2008. The eighth tropical storm, fourth tropical ...
, a 2022 tropical cyclone in Africa
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Gombe (dish), a traditional Norwegian dish
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Gombey
The Gombey is an iconic symbol of Bermuda, a unique performance art full of colorful and intricate masquerade, dance and drumming. This folk tradition reflects the island's blend of African, Caribbean and British cultures.
Dancers are usually ma ...
, a dance from Bermuda (sometimes spelt Gombe)
See also
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Gombe Stream National Park
Gombe Stream National Park is a national park in Kigoma District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania, north of Kigoma, the capital of Kigoma Region.Tanzania National Parks“Gombe Stream National Park”, 2008. Established in 1968, it is one of the smal ...
, in Tanzania, where Jane Goodall pioneered her behavioral research on the chimpanzee
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