ETHIOPIABy : Kelsey Wade

Bordering Countries and Location Summary

Eritrea Sudan Uganda Kenya Somalia Djbouti

Red Sea Gulf of Aden

Ethiopia is in North-eastern Africa and is landlocked between 6 countries.

Capital and Major Cities

Capital: Addis Ababa

Major Cities Dirē Dawa Nazrēt Bahr Dar Gonder Desē

Landforms

Lakes Chew Rudolf Tana Abaya

Mountains Mendebo Choke

Rivers Blue Nile

Historical Landmarks Sof Omar Caves

The caves extend to over 15 km / 9.5 miles in length, making it the longest of Ethiopia's caves. It also has over 42 entrances, although only a handful are actually used to gain access nowadays.

Blue Nile The Tisisat Falls are an awe inspiring

and spectacular sight that you can hear long before you actually see them. Visitors cannot fail to be transfixed by the sight of the Blue Nile as it plunges more than 50 m / 164 feet into the gorge below.

Judah Monument Right off the train right in front of the

railway station, stands on a black granite plinth, this gold-colored monument was created as part of the coronation celebrations that took place in 1930 in Addis Ababa

Sof Omar Caves

Blue Nile

Judah Monument

Recreation

River Rafting and Kyaking River rafting on the Blue Nile and also in

Ethiopia’s many large lakes. Hiking and site seeing

Ethiopia is a land with many square miles of rain forest, which also come with a variety of animals and plants.

Meeting native tribes Ethiopia still has native tribes that run certain

areas of the land.

The Flag There are three equal bands of green on the top,

yellow in the middle, and red at the bottom. In the middle there is a yellow star with rays of yellow, on top of a gray circle. The green stripe represents hope and the fertility of the land. Yellow represents justice and harmony. Red represents sacrifice and heroism. The gray circle represents equality of the people and the star stands for unity.

Climate and Terrain

Climate Tropical monsoon with wide topographic-

induced variation. Terrain

High plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley

Transportation

61 Airports 681 km of Railways 36,469 km of

Roadway Since Ethiopia is

landlocked, it has no ports.

Many people prefer to walk or take a bike or car to their destination.

Museum National Museum of Ethiopia

Located in the nations capital, this museum shows the history of Ethiopia and its native tribal history.

It also displays many of the earliest skeletons believed to be from the first humans.

Arts

Ethiopian art often displays the Christian religion, while more native art is displayed as tribal beads, clothes and wooden hand crafted masks.

Languages

Amarigna (official) 32.7% English (official) (major foreign language

taught in schools) Oromigna 31.6% Tigrigna 6.1% Somaligna 6% Guaragigna 3.5% Sidamigna 3.5% Hadiyigna 1.7% other 14.8%

Ethiopia’s dish Doro Wat Chicken Stew

Ethiopian cuisine consists of spicy vegetable and meat dishes cooked as stews or sauces called wat (or wot) which are served on top of sourdough flatbread (injera) made of teff flour.

History

Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world. What are believed to be the oldest remains of a human ancestor ever found, which have been dated as being some five million years old, were discovered in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia. This beats the discovery of "Lucy", a 3.2 million year old skeleton, who was unearthed in the same area in 1974.

Natural Hazards

Geologically active Great Rift Valley is susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts

Volcanism: Ethiopia experiences volcanic activity in the Great Rift Valley; Erta Ale (elev. 613 m), which has caused frequent lava flows in recent years, is the country's most active volcano; Dabbahu became active in 2005, causing evacuations.

Life Expectancy

Total Population 56.19 years

Male 53.64 years

Female 58.81 years

Religion

Orthodox 43.5% Muslim 33.9% Protestant 18.6% traditional 2.6% Catholic 0.7% other 0.7%

Ethnic Groups

Oromo 34.5% Amara 26.9% Somalie 6.2% Tigraway 6.1% Sidama 4% Guragie 2.5%

Welaita 2.3% Hadiya 1.7%, Affar 1.7% Gamo 1.5% Gedeo 1.3% other 11.3%

Imports and Exports

Imports $7.517 billion (2010) food and live animals, petroleum and

petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles

Exports $1.729 billion (2010) coffee, qat, gold, leather products, live

animals, oilseeds

Ethiopia