1. RealEthiopia.com at your service
(RealEthiopia/RealEthiopia)

RealEthiopia.com targets the international and domestic tourists by providing instant access to motivational and destinational information about Ethiopia. The information provided are as follows where

2. Content policy
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GoEthio.com content policy The goal of GoEthio.com is to promote Ethiopia as tourist destination for both external and internal tourists. All contents on GoEthio must contribute to this goal. We d

3. About RealEthiopia.com
(RealEthiopia/RealEthiopia)

RealEthiopia.com was developed with only one goal in mind, promote Ethiopia as a tourist destination for both international and domestic travellers. RealEthiopia.com is where you discover Ethiopia a

4. Nechisar National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Nechisar National Park (amharic for white grass) is located in eastern North Omo Zone near Arba Minch, named after the white grass that covers the undulating Nechisar plains, hosting the lakes Abaya a

5. Harar
(Cities/Harar)

...es to Nur ibn al-Wazir Mujahid, nephew of Ahmed Grang, to defend the city against the then advancing Oromo warriors. Harar remained an independent, theocratic state, until, it was occupied in 1875 ...

6. Dire Dawa
(Cities/Dire Dawa)

... to the traditional Kefira market, handling an immense variety of goods supplied by Somali, Afar and Oromo merchants with their camel trains and donkeys, bustling about in a variety of traditional dre...

7. Bahir Dar
(Cities/Bahir dar)

...ummified remains of several of former emperors of Ethiopia, including Yekuno Amlak, restorer of the Solomonic Dynasty to the throne in 1270; Dawit, late fourteenth century, and Zera Yaqob, fifteenth c...

8. Addis Ababa's History
(Cities/Addis Ababa)

...Intoto Hills to its present location, just beneath the foot of Intoto, then known as Finfine (in the Oromo language), so called because of the hot springs (locally known as fil woha, lit. meaning 'boi...

9. The cradle of the human race
(Nature/Archeology)

...ing "thou art wonderful", nicknamed "Lucy" by europeans). It is one of the oldest known ancestors of Homo sapiens, technically known as Australopithecus Afarensis, discovered in the Afar area of Ethi...

10. Wildlife
(Nature/Wildlife)

... borders or down the length of the Rift Valley: Yangudi-Rassa, Awash, Abijatta-Shalla Lakes, Nechisar, Omo, and Mago national parks and Senkele Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary. In the lowlands are found...

11. Omo National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Omo National Park is on the west bank of the Omo River in the lower Omo valley. The park is c.140 km long, stretching from the Neruze River in the south to the Sharum plain in the north, and up to 60

12. Mago National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Mago National Park is in South Omo Zone, 35 km south-west of Jinka, the administrative centre of the Zone. The park lies to the north of a large 90? bend in the Omo River. To the west is the Tama Wild

13. Trekking in Ethiopia
(Nature/Geography)

...g areas, some only recently reconnoitered, are in the remote south-west highlands east and west of the Omo Valley, where strong and colorful cultures complement the appeal of scenery, flora and fauna....

14. Camping
(Nature/Geography)

Camping in Ethiopia is just about the only way to visit the most beautiful, undeveloped and unspoiled areas of the country, whether in the national parks or other rural areas. Regarding m

15. Landmarks
(Nature/Geography)

...that are used for irrigation, hydroelectric power and tourism are Angereb, Awash, Baro, Genale, Mereb, Omo, Tekeze, Wabeshebelle. There are two types of lakes in Ethiopia: Rift Valley lakes and hig...

16. Ethiopian languages
(Language/Language)

...epresented by six major families, three of which are spoken in Ethiopia: namely, Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic. While the first two of these are spoken in other African countries, Omotic is indigenous ...

17. Omotic
(Ethnic diversity/Ethnic diversity)

The Omotic speakers were traditionally organized into small kingdoms, notably those of Kaffa and Janjero. Mainly agriculturalists, they in general still adhere to a traditional animist fait

18. Cushitic
(Ethnic diversity/Ethnic diversity)

Oromo being the most numerous among cushitic groups and in Ethiopia as whole, Somali, Sidama and Afar are other members of the cushtic group. Majority of them practice agriculture, but we have cattle

19. Clothing: Highlanders
(Culture/Costumes)

...parts. The basic costume of the highlanders (shared particularly by the Amhara, the Tigreans and the Oromo), whether everyday or occasional, is the shamma (literally cloth), a term which refers to the...

20. Orthodox
(Religion/Religion)

The Ethiopia Orthodox Church was established at the beginning of the fourth century, making it one of the oldest established churches in the world.

21. Churches in Tana Lake
(History/Heritage)

...of several of the former emperors of Ethiopia, including Yukon Amlak, the restorer of the so-called Solomonic Dynasty to the throne in 1270, Dawit, Zara Yaqob, Zadenghel and Fasiladas. Of interest, ...

22. Axum
(History/Heritage)

...al), which is said to have been stolen (with God's will) from the temple of Jerusalem by Menelik I, Solomon?s own son by the legendary Queen of Sheba. Unfortunately, for visitors, the chamber in which...

23. The middle Ages
(History/Medieval)

...nds heading a Moslem army, strongly backed by Ottoman Turkey. In the 10th century AD the Solomonic Dynasty of the Axumite kingdom was overthrown and the Empire was ruled by the Zagwe dynast...

24. Legend
(History/Ancient)

...thodox Christians is that of the Queen of Sheba, who went to Jerusalem around 1000 BC to visit King Solomon and to learn his wisdom. According to this legend, King Menilik I was born from King Solomon...

25. Religion
(Category Blog)

...country's Jewish tradition may go as far back as the legendary visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon of Israel. With the conversion of King Ezana of Aksum in the 4th Century, Christianity was s...

26. Ethnic diversity
(Category Blog)

...theast) can be classified, following the linguistic pattern, into four main groups: Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic, and Nilo-Saharan. ...

27. Ancient
(Category Blog)

According to tradition, the Ethiopian kingdom was founded (10th century BC) by Solomon's first son, Menelik I, whom the queen of Sheba is supposed to have borne. However, the first kingdom for w

28. Administration
(Category Blog)

... 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 largely along linguistic lin...

29. History
(Section Blog)

...e era giving way to the medieval era and was preceeded by the Zagwe dynasty followed 1270 ca by the Solomon dynasty. During this same period Judaism and Islam grew to be powerful forces in Ethiopia. I...