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Ethiopia
Specials
Historic Sites by Air
10 Days/ 9 Nights
Cultural
and Natural Sights-East (Harar + Awash)
6 Days/ 5 Nights
Combined
Tours (history, nature & culture)
18 Days/ 17 Nights
Trekking-
Semien Mountains
13 Days/ 12 Nights
Cultural
and Natural Sights-Southeast + Rift Valley
8 Days/ 7 Nights
Historic
Sites by Air & Surface
16 Days/ 15 Nights
Individual
Hotels
Addis
Ababa:
Hotel Ararat
Addis
Ababa:
Sheraton Hotel
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Ethiopia - Destination Facts
By Andrew Muigai
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Full Country Name: Federal Democratic Republic of
Ethiopia
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Area: 1,127,127 sq km
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Population: 67,851,281 (2004)
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Capital City: Addis Ababa
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Other Major Towns: Dire Dawa, Gondar, Nazret, Dessie
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Peoples: Oromo 35%, Amhara 30%, Tigre 6.3%, Somali 6%, Sidama 6%,
Gurage 4%, Wolaita 4%, Afar 2%, other nationalities 6.7%.
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Language: Amharic (official), English, Arabic, Italian, French and
other indigenous languages such as Oromigna, Tigrinya, Somali.
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Religion: Ethiopian Orthodox Christian, Islam, Indigenous beliefs
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Government: Federal Republic
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Time: GMT + 3
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Currency: Ethiopian Birr
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Electricity: 220 volts and 50 Hz
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Weights and Measures: Metric
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Economy: Subsistence farming, exports from the agricultural sector
such as, coffee, oil seeds, pulses, flowers, vegetables; export
of livestock products.
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Author
Andrew Muigai is editor of AfricaPoint Insider online newsletter.
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