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Addis Ababa

Caipital
Addis Ababa skyline(2020)
Addis Ababa skyline(2020)
Eik-name(s): 
Ceety o Humans, Adisaba, Sheger, Adu, Adu Genet
Addis Ababa is located in Ethiopie
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa
Location in Ethiopie
Coordinates: 9°1′48″N 38°44′24″E / 9.03000°N 38.74000°E / 9.03000; 38.74000
Kintra Ethiopie
Chairtered CeetyAddis Ababa
Chairtered1886
Govrenment
 • MayorDiriba Kuma
Area
 • Caipital527 km2 (203 sq mi)
 • Laund527 km2 (203 sq mi)
 [1]
Elevation
2355 m (7726 ft)
Population
 (2008)
 • Caipital3,384,569
 • Density5165.1/km2 (13,378/sq mi)
 • Urban
3,384,569
 • Metro
4,567,857
 [2]
Time zoneUTC+3 (East Africae Time)
Area code(s)(+251) 11
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid

Addis Ababa (whiles spelled Addis Abeba, the spellin uised bi the offeecial Ethiopian Mapping Authority) is the caipital ceety o Ethiopie. (In Ethiopian leids: Amharic, Addis Abäba [adːiːs aβəβa] "new flouer"; Oromo, Finfinne; Ge'ez ኣዲስ ኣበባ) It is the lairgest ceety in Ethiopiee, wi a population o 3,384,569 accordin tae the 2007 population census.[2]

As a chairtered ceety (ras gez astedader), Addis Ababa haes the status o baith a ceety an a state. It is whaur the African Union an its predecessor the OAU are based. Addis Ababa is therefore aften referred tae as "the poleetical caipital o Africae", due tae its historical, diplomatic an poleetical significance for the continent.[3] The ceety is populatit bi fowk frae different regions o Ethiopie – the kintra haes as mony as 80 naitionalities speakin 80 leids an belangin tae a wide variety o releegious communities. It is hame tae Addis Ababa University. The Federation o African Societies o Chemistry (FASC) an Horn o Africae Press Institute (HAPI) are an aa heidquartered in Addis Ababa.

History

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Main airticle: History o Addis Ababa

The site o Addis Ababa wis chosen bi Empress Taytu Betul an the ceety wis foondit in 1886 bi her husband, Emperor Menelik II. The name o the ceety (ኣዲስ ኣበባ) wis taken frae pairts o the ceety cawed hora Finfinnee ("hot springs") in Oromo. Anither Oromo name o the ceety is Sheger. Menelik, as initially a Keeng o the Shewa province, haed foond Munt Entoto a uiseful base for military operations in the sooth o his realm, an in 1879 visitit the reputit ruins o a medieval toun, an an unfinished rock kirk that showed proof o an Ethiopian presence in the aurie prior tae the campaigns o Ahmad Gragn. His interest in the aurie grew when his wife Taytu began wirk on a kirk on Entoto, an Menelik endoued a seicont kirk in the aurie.

Housomeivver the immediate aurie did no encourage the foonding o a toun due tae the lack o firewood an water, sae dounset actually began in the valley sooth o the muntain in 1886. Initially, Taytu biggit a hoose for hersel near the "Filwoha" het mineral springs, whaur she an members o the Showan Ryal Court liked tae tak mineral baths. Ither nobility an thair staffs an hoosehaulds settled the vicinity, an Menelik expandit his wife's hoose tae acome the Imperial Palace which remains the seat o govrenment in Addis Ababa the day. The name chynged tae Addis Ababa an became Ethiopie's caipital when Menelik II became Emperor o Ethiopie. The toun grew bi leaps an boonds. Ane o Emperor Menelik's contreibutions that is still visible the day is the plantin o numerous eucalyptus trees alang the ceety streets.[4]

On 5 Mey 1936, Italian troops invadit Addis Ababa durin the Seicont Italo-Abyssinian War, makin it the caipital o Italian East Africae frae 1936 tae 1941 efter killin aboot a million Ethiopians wi mustard gas. Efter the Italian airmy in Ethiopie wis defeatit bi the Breetish forces durin the East African Campaign, Emperor Haile Selassie returned tae Addis Ababa on 5 Mey 1941—five years tae the vera day efter he haed depairtit—an immediately began the wirk o re-establishin his caipital.

Emperor Haile Selassie helped form the Organization o African Unity in 1963, an invitit the new organisation tae keep its heidquarters in the ceety. The OAU wis dissolved in 2002 an replaced bi the African Union (AU), an aa heidquartered in Addis Ababa. The Unitit Naitions Economic Commission for Africae an aa haes its heidquarters in Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa wis an aa the site o the Cooncil o the Oriental Orthodox Kirks in 1965.

Ethiopia haes aften been cawed the oreeginal hame o mankind due tae various humanoid fossil discoveries lik the Australopithecine Lucy.[5] North eastren Africae, an the Afar region in parteecular wis the central focus o thir claims till recent DNA evidence suggestit oreegins in sooth central Ethiopian regions lik present-day Addis Ababa.[6][7] Efter analysin the DNA o amaist 1,000 fowk aroond the warld, geneticists an ither scientists claimed fowk spread frae wha is nou Addis Ababa 100,000 years ago.[8][9] The research indicatit that genetic diversity declines steadily the farther ane's ancestors traveled frae Addis Ababa, Ethiopie.[10][11]

Sister ceeties

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References

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  1. ↑ "2011 National Statistics". Csa.gov.et. Archived frae the original on 30 Mairch 2013. Retrieved 20 Julie 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia. "Census 2007, preliminary (pdf-file)" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  3. ↑ http://www.uneca.org/uncc/ Archived 2012-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Pankhurst, p. 195
  5. ↑ African tribe frae Ethiopie populated rest o the warld Archived 2009-05-12 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Humans Moved From Africa Across Globe, DNA Study Says".
  7. ↑ "DNA Links Humanity To One Common Origin: Africa". Archived frae the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 3 Januar 2011.
  8. ↑ "Around the world from Addis Ababa". Archived frae the original on 3 Juin 2013. Retrieved 3 Januar 2011.
  9. ↑ "New Study Proves Theory of Human Recent African Origin". Archived frae the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 3 Januar 2011.
  10. ↑ Brown, David (22 Februar 2008). "Genetic Mutations Offer Insights on Human Diversity". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 Apryle 2010.
  11. ↑ "DNA studies trace migration from Ethiopia". Archived frae the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 3 Januar 2011."Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 3 Januar 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  12. ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/20081209131035/http://www.beer-sheva.muni.il/ArimTeomot.asp "קשרים בין-ל�?ומיים של העיר ב�?ר-שבע"]. Beer-sheva.muni.il. Archived frae the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 5 Mey 2012. replacement character in |title= at position 12 (help)


Coordinates: 9°01′38″N 38°44′13″E / 9.0272°N 38.7369°E / 9.0272; 38.7369


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