1. Reginal Governments
(Government and politics/Administration)

...s Region has a population of 13,293,000, and its 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,...

2. Clothing: Muslims
(Culture/Costumes)

...e designs woven in colorful threads. Of particular interest with respect to Muslim costumes are those of Harari women, consisting of blouses and skirts accompanied by shawls covering the shoulders and...

3. Harar
(Cities/Harar)

Harar, locaed about 523 kilometers (324 miles) from Addis Ababa, in many aspects stands out in historical splendour, considering modern Ethiopian history, as we will further entail, and has also manag

4. Dire Dawa
(Cities/Dire Dawa)

...tual excavation having taken place in 1975. About 60 kilometers from Dire Dawa, on the road connecting Harar and Addis Ababa, is Qulubi Gabriel, a site which tens of thousands of pilgrims visit two ...

5. The cool zone
(Nature/Climate)

...he central parts of the western and eastern sections of the northwestern plateau and a small area around Harar, with temperature lows reaching freezing point. The cool zone consists of the...

6. Camping
(Nature/Geography)

...eave any portable 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 leavin...

7. Ethiopian languages
(Language/Language)

...elative of Ge'ez), Guragiňňa language groups (some mutually intelligible) spoken in the south, and Harari (spoken in Harar). Just for the record, two Semitic languages, Gafat and Argobba are ext...

8. Semitic
(Ethnic diversity/Ethnic diversity)

...reans and Amharas in the northern and central parts of the country, respectively, and the Gurage and the Harari in the southern and eastern parts of the country, respectively, and practice mainly agri...

9. 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

10. Harar
(Category Blog)

11. 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