1. Reginal Governments
(Government and politics/Administration)

... capital is Awassa. Gambela has a population of 222,000; Harari 172,000; Addis Ababa 2,646,000; and Diredawa, 342,000. At present, there are 1000 towns, 604 woredas and 22,351 kebeles (20,730 of which...

2. Adama / Nazareth
(Cities/Nazreth / Adama)

Adama has a comfortably warm (occasionally a little bit hot) weather, virtually throughout the year and is located about 98 km southeast of Addis Ababa. Adama ("christened" Nazereth du

3. Harar
(Cities/Harar)

...ibouti-Addis Ababa railway, which was originally planned to pass through the city, was diverted to Dire Dawa, thereby adversely affecting Harar and giving the former town a commercial advantage over t...

4. Dire Dawa
(Cities/Dire Dawa)

Next to Addis Ababa, perhaps, Dire Dawa is the most cosmopolitan city in Ethiopia and a melting pot of both traditional and contemporary cultures, founded in 1902, when the construction of the only ra

5. Camping
(Nature/Geography)

...e items outside the tent after turning in for the night. Note on routes: the direction Harar and Dire Dawa have questionable security and may be unsuitable for camping. Before leaving Addis Ababa se...

6. National parks
(Category Blog)

With 14 major wildlife reserves, Ethiopia provides a microcosm of the entire sub-Saharan ecosystem. Bird life abounds, and indigenous animals from the rare Walia ibex to the shy wild ass, roam free ju

7. Dire Dawa
(Category Blog)

8. Administration
(Category Blog)

...regional states (among them the city-state of Harer) and two metropolitan regions (Addis Ababa and Dere Dawa) have their own autonomous councils and hold their own elections. The region are demarked l...

9. Cities
(Section Blog)

Addis Ababa University (main campus), the former palace of Emperor Haile selassie and house to the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, which accommodates the Library, with one of the biggest collection of