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Animals

* ''Gila'' (fish), a genus of cyprinid fish known as western chubs *
Gila monster The Gila monster (''Heloderma suspectum'', ) is a species of venomous lizard native to the Southwestern United States and the northwestern Mexico, Mexican state of Sonora. It is a heavy, slow-moving reptile, up to long, and it is the only ve ...
, a venomous lizard *
Gila trout The Gila trout (''Oncorhynchus gilae'') is a species of salmonid, related to the rainbow trout, native to the Southwest United States. Prior to 2006 the Gila trout was federally listed as endangered. In July 2006, after much work by the Game and ...
, a trout native to the Southwestern United States *
Gila woodpecker The Gila woodpecker (''Melanerpes uropygialis'') is a medium-sized woodpecker of the desert regions of the southwestern United States and western Mexico. In the U.S., they range through southeastern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, and New M ...
, a species of woodpecker found in the Southwestern United States


Places

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Gila County, Arizona Gila County ( ) is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,272. The county seat is Globe. Gila County comprises the Payson, Arizona micropolitan statistical area which is inclu ...
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Gila Mountains (Graham County) The Gila Mountains of Graham County are a mountain range in central-east Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western ...
, Arizona *
Gila Mountains (Yuma County) The Gila Mountains of Yuma County, Arizona, Yuma County are a 26-mile (42 km) long mountain range in southwestern Arizona in the northwest Sonoran Desert. The Gila Mountains of Yuma County are a northwest-southeast trending mountain syst ...
, Arizona *
Gila River The Gila River (; O'odham ima Keli Akimel or simply Akimel, Quechan: Haa Siʼil, Maricopa language: Xiil) is a tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. The river drains an arid watershed of ...
, a Colorado River tributary in New Mexico and Arizona * Gila, New Mexico, a census-designated place *
Gila National Forest The Gila National Forest is a United States national forest in New Mexico. Established in 1905, it now covers approximately , making it the sixth largest national forest in the continental United States. The Forest administration also manage ...
, New Mexico *
Gila Wilderness Gila Wilderness was designated the world's first wilderness area on June 3, 1924. Along with Aldo Leopold Wilderness and Blue Range Wilderness, the 558,014 acre (225,820 ha) (872 sq. mi.) wilderness is part of New Mexico's Gila National Fores ...
, New Mexico, the world's first wilderness area *
Gila Desert The Sonoran Desert () is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the Southwestern United States (in Arizona and California). It ...
, the informal name of Sonoran Desert, United States and Mexico


People

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Gila (given name) Gila is a feminine given name which is borne by: * Gila Almagor (born 1939), Israeli actress * Gila Finkelstein (born 1950), Israeli former politician * Gila Gamliel (born 1974), Israeli politician * Gila Golan (born 1940), Polish-born actress who ...
, a list of people *
Eloy Gila Eloy Gila Marín (born 21 June 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Tercera Federación club Manresa. Club career Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Gila made his professional debut with UDA Gramenet in th ...
(born 1988), Spanish footballer * Miguel Gila (1919–2001), Spanish actor * Nickname of
Alberto Gilardino Alberto Gilardino (; born 5 July 1982) is an Italian professional football manager and a former player who played as a striker. He was most recently the manager of club Genoa. A prolific goalscorer, in Gilardino's early career he was compared ...
(born 1982), Italian football manager and former player *
Gila (footballer) Virgílio José Pereira do Nascimento, known as Gila (born 5 February 1967) is a Portuguese football coach and a former player. Club career He made his Primeira Liga debut for Campomaiorense on 20 August 1995 in a game against Vitória Guimar� ...
, Portuguese football player and coach Virgílio José Pereira do Nascimento (born 1967)


Music

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Gila (band) Gila was a psychedelic rock band from Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. Biography The band formed in early 1969 and, with their new/experimental sound, they secured a considerable German fan base. Gila's original lineup was Daniel Alluno (drums, b ...
, a German krautrock band ** ''Gila'' (album) * "Gila", a song by Beach House, from the album ''
Devotion Devotion or Devotions may refer to: Religion * Anglican devotions, private prayers and practices used by Anglican Christians * Buddhist devotion, commitment to religious observance * Catholic devotions, customs, rituals, and practices of worship ...
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Other uses

* ''Gila'' (sternwheeler), a stern-wheel steamboat * ''Gila'' (TV series), a Pakistani romantic television serial *
Gila APC The Gila APC is a mine protected vehicle from South Africa developed by private investors and manufactured by IVEMA and similar to the more popular Casspir. This four-wheeled vehicle is used for troop transport. It can hold a crew of two, plus ...
, a South African-designed armoured personnel carrier *
Gila MBPV The Gila MBPV is a mine protected vehicle from South Africa developed by private investors and manufactured by IVEMA and similar to the more popular Casspir. The vehicle was introduced in 2006 and production of the vehicle is at IVEMA facility i ...
, a mine protected vehicle from South Africa *
Gila Community College Gila Community College (GCC) is the community college serving the Gila Community College District in Gila County, Arizona. It has two campuses: # Gila Pueblo Campus, Globe, Arizona # Payson Campus, Payson, Arizona GCC currently has the status ...
, Gila County, Arizona *
Gila Preparatory Academy Gila Preparatory Academy was a high school in Safford, Arizona. It was run by a company known as the Gila Educational Group, of which the head was Crae Wilson, Jr. It formerly also had a middle school, which served grades 7 and 8. It opened in 2 ...
, Safford, Arizona, a high school * A Portuguese name for the fruit of the ''
Cucurbita ficifolia ''Cucurbita ficifolia'' is a species of squash, grown for its edible seeds, fruit, and greens. It has common names including black seed squash, chilacayote, cidra, fig-leaf gourd, and Malabar gourd. Compared to other domesticated species in it ...
'', a species of squash


See also

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Gila City, Arizona Gila City is a ghost town in Yuma County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1858 in what was then the New Mexico Territory. History Gila City was founded on the south bank of the Gila River, 19 miles east of the confluence ...
, a ghost town *
Gilla (disambiguation) Gilla may refer to: People Irish masculine given name * (fl. 1072) * (died 1084) * (died 1143) * (died 1153) * (died 1172) * (died 1204) * (died 1224) * (died 1301) * (died 1405), Irish musician * (died 1442), Lord of Iar Connacht an ...
* Gilas, Iran, a village {{disambiguation, geo, surname