There are actually a whole bunch of local GNOME websites in different languages. See UserGroups for information on contact details, websites and IRC channels for just a few of the GNOME groups around the world.
Argentina mailing-list: http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-ar-list
Australia mailing-list: http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-au-list
Bulgaria http://gnome.cult.bg/
Chile http://www.gnome.cl/ mailing-list: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-cl-list/
China http://www.gnome-cn.org/
Finland http://www.gnome.fi/
France http://www.gnome.fr/ planet: http://planete.gnomefr.org/ mailing-list: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-fr-list/ marketing-mailing-list: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-fr-marketing-list/
Germany http://www.gnome-ev.de (gnome.de is outdated and shouldn't be used) mailing-list: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-de/
Greece http://www.gnome.gr/
Hungary http://www.gnome.hu/
India (?) http://gnome-in.sarovar.org/ mailing-list: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-in-list/
Italy http://www.gnome.it/
Japan http://www.gnome.gr.jp/
Korea http://gnome.or.kr/ planet: http://gnome.or.kr/pgk/
Norway http://www.no.gnome.org/ mailing-list: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-no/ http://live.gnome.org/NorwegianTeam
Netherlands http://nl.gnome.org/ planet: http://planet.nl.gnome.org/
Poland http://www.gnome.pl/
Russia http://www.gnome.ru/
Spain http://www.es.gnome.org/
Sweden http://www.gnome.se/
Turkey mailing-list: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-turk/
Ukrane http://www.gnome.org.ua/
United Kingdom http://www.uk.gnome.org/ mailing-list: http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-uk-list