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Itang (also spelled ''Etang'';〔("Census 2007" ), first draft, p. 81〕 Ethiopic: ኢታንግ〔(CSA 2005 National Statistics ), Table B.4〕) is a town in the Gambela Region in western Ethiopia. Within Gambela, Itang belongs to Itang woreda which forms a special woreda. Located on the openo River, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 480 meters above sea level. == History == Itang was visited in April 1900 by H.H. Austin who spent several days there during his return journey from Ethiopia by way of the Openo River.〔Austin, ("Survey of the Sobat Region", ''Geographical Journal'' ), 17 (1901), p. 508〕 The town's importance can be traced to Article IV of the treaty signed by Emperor Menelik and the British minister, Harrington, in May 1902, which defined the boundary between Ethiopia and Sudan and designated the Itang area as a British trading enclave. However, Itang was too far from the Ethiopian Plateau, and after the Ethiopian government authorized the transfer on 8 October 1904, the concession was moved upstream to Gambela.〔Bahru Zewde, ("An Overview and Assessment of Gambela Trade (1904-1935)", ''International Journal of African Historical Studies'' ), 20 (1987), pp. 79f〕 In the 1980s, the Second Sudanese Civil War led to the influx of refugees from Southern Sudan, with the Itang camp becoming the largest refugee camp in the world for some time.〔John Young, ("Along Ethiopia's Western Frontier: Gambela and Benishangul in Transition", ''Journal of Modern African Studies'' ), 37 (1999), p. 331〕 Itang was partially flooded by the Openo in mid-1998 and July–August 1999.〔("Local History in Ethiopia" ) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 1 June 2008)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Itang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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