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Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa - The New Flower

Sattellite image of Ethiopia (source: The Map Library - public domain)		Geography Addis Ababa – The "new flower" founded 1887, is a relatively modern fast growing city located in the central part of the country.   Urban Area: 530.14 km² Population density: approximately 7,545 inhabitants/km² Population: Present: 4 million (census data) 1961: 443,000 (census data) 1994: 2.1 million (census data) 2001: 2.5 million (census data) 2015: 6-7 million (estimate) Population growth rate: approximately 6 %   [read more]
Mount Entoto		History Addis Ababa was founded in 1887 by emperor Ménélik II. From 1936 to 1939, the city was occupied by Italian troops during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, making it the capital of Italian East Africa. Emperor Haile Selassie, who returned 1941 to Addis Ababa helped form the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963, which maintained its headquarter in the city. The OAU was dissolved in 2002 and replaced by the African Union (AU), also headquartered in Addis Ababa.   [read more]
Addis Ababa main street		Recent development As a chartered city (astedader akabibi), Addis Ababa has the status of both a city and a state. It is home to the Ethiopian National Library, many museums (for example the Ethiopian Ethnological Museum, the Addis Ababa Museum, the Ethiopian Natural History Museum) and cathedrals. The city is severed by Bole International Airport and has also a railway connection with Djibouti City. Addis Ababa is a fast growing urban centre that is beset with problems afflicting most cities in the developing world, including extensive urban poverty (current unemployment rate of 42%; 60% of employment classified "informal"), inadequate housing, severe overcrowding and congestion and undeveloped physical infrastructure.  [read more]