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Addis Ababa Holidays, Hotels & Travel Guide
Travel guide to hotels & holidays in Addis Ababa
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Addis Ababa Holidays Overview
A guide to holidays in Addis Ababa - Addis Ababa (sometimes spelt Addis Abeba) is a
diverse and riotous capital city of nearly three million souls,
with roughly 80 different nationalities, and a multitude of
religious and language groups making up its colourful
population.
Nestled at the foot of Mount Entoto,
the city was founded in the late 1800s by Ethiopian emperor Menelik
II and was later occupied by the Italians during the second
Italo-Abyssinian War. When Ethiopians regained control, Emperor
Haile Selassie immediately set about rebuilding the capital and
formed the Organisation of African Unity, replaced by today's
African Union, which has its headquarters in the city.
Addis Ababa is also home to the world-renown early hominid
Lucy - her fossilised skeleton, as well as a replica, are housed in
the Ethiopian National Museum. The city also boasts the largest
open market in Africa (in the Merkato district), several
interesting mosques and cathedrals, as well as the world's largest
prefabricated building, Shengo Hall, and Menelik's old Imperial
Palace, which is the official seat of the Ethiopian
government. Addis Ababa is an interesting mix of
poverty and wealth, urbanisation and nature (the city is surrounded
by forests and cultivated land). It is a dynamic capital, but has
its fair share of unemployment, petty crime and destitution. Addis
Ababa, however, is well worth exploring, as there are plenty of
'diamonds in the rough' to be uncovered.
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Addis Ababa
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Addis Ababa
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1. Timkat (Epiphany)
From 2007-01-18
To 2007-01-18
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What is it? Ethiopia is a land rich in culture and
diversity and Timkat is arguably the most important date on the
Ethiopian calendar. All across the country special masses are held
to commemorate the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist in
the River Jordan. Festivities start on the eve of Timkat with
colourful costume processions throughout the
country.
Where is it? Throughout the country |
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