Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia. Covering 112,727 km² in the southeast of the country, its population (as of 1999) is 12,132,000. Its capital is Awasa . Other major cities and towns include Arba Minch , Wendo , Dila , Yinga Alem , Sodo , Bonga and Mizan Teferi . The region borders Kenya to the south, the Ethiopian region of Gambela to the north, the Ethiopian region of Oromia to the north and east and Sudan to the west.