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Tour ADDIS ABABA. ( Everything You Need To Know) by ednited(f): 6:20pm On Sep 12, 2017 |
Lets start from the facts, 10 Facts About Addis Ababa Facts About Addis Ababa 1: Height Addis Ababa is located in high land. It sits on the height at 2440 meter. Therefore, it is ranked in the third position of highest capital in the world. 2: The features When you come to Addis Ababa, you can find out the glitzy hotels, fascist architecture, mud huts, Marxist billboards and cathedrals. 3: Food You can enjoy local cuisines in the fourth largest city in Africa. You can hang out with friends and enjoy a traditional honey wine called Tej in many bars in Addis Ababa. The restaurants and nightclubs serve you with many international cuisines. 4:A safe city If you decide to visit Addis Ababa, you do not need to be careful with a crime. This city is very safe even though you can find a mixture of modernity, tradition, poverty and wealth. But you have to be careful with the money in the pocket since there are many petty thieves. 5: Bole International Airport The main entry to the city is located at Bole International Airport. Most foreign visitors drop here to explore Ethiopia. 6:City tours Addis Ababa is a good city to explore. You can find out many interesting places here. You can see the homid fossil skeleton named Lucy in National museum. The skeleton is 3.5 million years old. 7: St George’s Cathedral A wonderful old building that you can view is St George’s Cathedral. In 1930, the cathedral was used as the site of Haile Selassie’s coronation. The main purpose of this building is for commemoration of the defeat over Italy in 1896. 8:Merkato If you like to shop, Addis Ababa serves with one of the largest markets in Africa. It is called Merkato. You can shop until you drop here. You can get the local items. 9: Holy Trinity Cathedral If you want to know the final resting place of Haile Selassie, you have to go to Holy Trinity Cathedral. 10: The people in Addis Ababa You can find a diverse culture in Addis Ababa because it is inhabited by people from different regions in Africa. There are at least 80 different languages spoken by people here. http://factfile.org/10-facts-about-addis-ababa 2 Likes |
Re: Tour ADDIS ABABA. ( Everything You Need To Know) by ednited(f): 6:24pm On Sep 12, 2017 |
Photo - African Union, Addis Ababa
2nd pic - UNCEA 2 Likes
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Re: Tour ADDIS ABABA. ( Everything You Need To Know) by ednited(f): 6:28pm On Sep 12, 2017 |
Entoto mountain is the highest mountain in the city. You climb the mountain and view the whole city, Addis Ababa is a mountain too! 1 Like
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Re: Tour ADDIS ABABA. ( Everything You Need To Know) by ednited(f): 6:31pm On Sep 12, 2017 |
It's more interesting that I was taught that Emperor Menelik made Addis Ababa the capital in order to watch and control foriegn invasion from top 1 Like
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Re: Tour ADDIS ABABA. ( Everything You Need To Know) by Nobody: 9:15pm On Sep 12, 2017 |
ednited:Yes, but the main reasons were because of the medieval imperial capital of Barara and Itgay (empress) Taytu Betul. Barara It was a fortified city built in present day territories of Entoto mountain and Addis Ababa during the 15th century AD. The city was destroyed by Ahmed Gragn during the Ethio-Adal war (1527-43 AD). Menelik saw the ruins of this city when he was King of Shewa. He wanted to rebuild the capital of his ancestors that served during the 15th and 16th century AD. Itgay (emperess) Taytu Betul Menelik interest in the area (Addis Ababa) grew when his wife Taytu began work on a church on Mount Entoto, and Menelik endowed a second church in the area. However, the immediate area did not encourage the founding of a town for lack of firewood and water, so settlement actually began in the valley south of the mountain in 1886. Initially, Taytu built a house for herself near the "Filwoha" hot mineral springs, where she and members of the Showan Royal Court liked to take mineral baths. Other nobility and their staff and households settled in the vicinity, and Menelik expanded his wife's house to become the Imperial Palace which remains the seat of government in Addis Ababa today. The name changed to Addis Ababa and became Ethiopia's capital when Menelik II became Emperor of Ethiopia. (source: Wikipedia)
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Re: Tour ADDIS ABABA. ( Everything You Need To Know) by Nobody: 11:02pm On Sep 12, 2017 |
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Re: Tour ADDIS ABABA. ( Everything You Need To Know) by chukxie(m): 2:55am On Sep 13, 2017 |
Ethiopia is one country I'd love to visit. The most I've seen of Ethiopia is Bole international airport because I fly ET regularly. |
Re: Tour ADDIS ABABA. ( Everything You Need To Know) by Nobody: 11:31am On Sep 13, 2017 |
chukxie:https://www.nairaland.com/3756319/visit-ethiopia |
Re: Tour ADDIS ABABA. ( Everything You Need To Know) by ednited(f): 3:20pm On Sep 13, 2017 |
https://www.nairaland.com/3972352/addis-ababa-food-table-photos Foods served in the city |
Re: Tour ADDIS ABABA. ( Everything You Need To Know) by stalyf(m): 9:19pm On Oct 27, 2020 |
ednited: Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed reading this 1 Like |
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