Addis Ababa city (lit. meaning new flower) has as many as 80 nationalities speaking 80 languages, and Christian and Muslim communities. Addis Abeba is located about 2,500m above sea level and has a population between 4 and 5 million which makes it by far the nation's largest city.

Addis Ababa was founded by Emperor Menelik II towards the end of the 1880s, his eventual permanent capital city, however, the first such capital after the decline of Gondar in the latter half of the 19th century, he had established temporary capitals at six different locations, the last of which was Intoto. Addis Ababa is located at the hill foot of Intoto.