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Ethiopia By Justin Rowe
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Capital and landforms Capital: Addis Ababa Major rivers: Baro river, Awash river, Dawa river , Omo river , and the Webi Shabeelie river
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Major cities Major cities: Adis Abeba, Dese, Dire Dawa, Gondar, and Nazret
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Historic Sites and Landmarks
Blue Nile / Tisisat Falls Lion of Judah Monument Axum Obelisks
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Recreation and Outdoor Activities
Sight seeing horseback riding Hiking
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Country flag green: the land and its fertility
yellow: peace between ethiopias ethnic groups • red: power and blood spilled protecting the land lion: represents the lion of Judah •
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Location Located in Eastern Africa, west of Somalia and is bordered by Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya and Sudan
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climate Ethiopia’s climate is very mild, with temperatures on the wide-ranging highlands averaging below 20°C. Only on the lowland fringes of western, eastern and southern Ethiopia can temperatures soar past 30°C.
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Transportation Trains Buses Cars Planes
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Art and Culture Zoological Natural History Museum
The Ethnographic Museum
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Top 3 languages and dialect
Official language: Amharic Other languages:Oromo, Tigrinya and Somali.
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Food Ground beef stew ( Minchet Abish )
Mildly spiced lentils ( Yekik Alich’a ) Ground lamb stew
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Additional information
Ethiopia is one of the few African countries never to lose its independence. It is as large as France and Spain combined and has one of the richest histories on the African continent Ethiopia is an independent Federal Democratic Republic with a President as head of state and a Prime Minister as the head of government.
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Natural hazards Volcanoes flooding
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Life Expectancy Male : 55.41 years Female: 52.92 years
Total life expectancy : years
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Major religion and ethnic group
Religion: Orthodox Christianity Ethnic group: Oromo
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Top 3 exports and imports
Imports: Coffee, tea, mate, and spices Exports: Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products
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