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landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T`ana Hayk (Lake Tana) in northwest Ethiopia; three major crops are believed to have originated in Ethiopia: coffee, grain sorghum, and castor bean

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Info:	wikipedia \| flickr
Capital:	Addis Ababa
Currency:	birr (ETB)
Languages:Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools)
Population:	67,851,281
Area:	1,127,127

Heritage

Major heritage sites include:

Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
Simien National Park
Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
Aksum
Lower Valley of the Awash
Lower Valley of the Omo
Tiya

See the UNESCO website for more details

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Addis Ababa

Once almost deserted until the introduction of eucalytpus to provide fuel, now an urban sprawl. The Ethnographic Museum is home to the 3.5 million year old skeleton of Lucy.

WEATHER DATA FOR ETHIOPIA

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Max
Min
Rain

jan

16
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feb

18
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mar

19
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apr

19
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may

20
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jun

20
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jul

18
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aug

18
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sep

18
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oct

17
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nov

16
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dec

16
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Temperatures are in degrees Celsius (º)

Rainfall is in millimeters (mm)

Regional weather data available for...ADDIS ABABACOMBOLCHA

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A pilot's eye view of NY crash flight

Abstract | Initial evidence of reduction of malaria cases and deaths in Rwanda and Ethiopia due to rapid scale-up of malaria prevention and treatment

Initial evidence of reduction of malaria cases and deaths in Rwanda and Ethiopia due to rapid scale-up of malaria prevention and treatment

But, "The contribution of IRS to declines could not be estimated since IRS activities occurred throughout both pre- and post-intervention period. "

Bale Mountains National Park

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Institute of Biodiversity Conservation " Blog Archive " On Top of Africa: in the Bale mountains