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  • Ethiopia is called the land of thirteen Months of Sunshine.

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    Ethiopia is called the land of thirteen Months of Sunshine.

    • It follows the thirteenth-month Coptic calendar, instead of the twelve month Gregorian (Western)calendar used in most parts of the world. Twelve months each consist of thirty days and the other five days of the year make up the thirteenth month. The sixth day occurs in a leap year
    • Ethiopia is seven years and eight months behind the Gregorian calendar. 
    •  The New year beings on September11.
    • The year 2013 is 2005 in the Ethiopian calendar.
    • The Ethiopian Millennium was celebrated on12th September (leap year)2007 i.e.1st’meskerem; 2000- Amet meheret;- (The year of Mercy.)
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  • Addis Ababa is the dioplomatic capital city of Africa

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    Addis Ababa is the dioplomatic capital city of Africa

    Addis Ababa is the diplomatic capital city of Africa

    Addis Ababa is the diplomatic capital city of Africa with the Headquarters of AU (African Union) the ECA (Economic Commission for Africa) and the headquarters of various Pan- African and International Organization .

    • Addis Ababa has about 129 International Embassies and Consular Missions.
    • It has the 3rd largest number of embassies in the world. It follows New York and Brussels.
    • The United States of America has two embassies here The second embassy represents the AU ( Africa Union).
    • It also has two European Delegation
    • Addis Ababa is the third highest capital city in the world. It is an altitude of 2,500 to 3000 meters. It follows La paz of Bolivia and Quitó of Ecuador, in South America. (Lhasa of Tibet lost its first place).
    • The Addis Ababa University is one of the oldest and largest universities in Africa.
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  • The Multi-Nationmal Aviation Training center of the Ethiopia

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    The Multi-national Aviation Training center of the Ethiopia

    The Multi-national Aviation Training center of the Ethiopian Airlines founded in 1967, had graduated thousands of technicians both Ethiopians and foreign nationals, mainly from Africa Middle East .

    • Training is given to those who aspire to become pilots, hostesses and in various other fields.
    • There are six privately owned air charter companies that actively provide air charter and other services.
    • Aviation history was made in 1929 when the first visiting aircraft landed on the plains of Addis Ababa.
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  • Ethiopia history of Statehood that goes back to 2,500 years

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    Ethiopia history of Statehood that goes back to 2,500 years

    Has an uninterrupted recorded history of Statehood that goes back to 2,500 years.

    • Former national capitals were: yeha Axum,Lalibela (Roha), Gondar, Debre Birhan,Ankober, Entoto and Addis Ababa,
    • Was never colonized. However some regions were occupied by the Italians fro five years.
    • One of the oldest gold mines is near’ Gimbi’ in South West.
    • The 829 year old islamic shrine of Sheikh Hussein in bale is visited by thousands of Muslim pilgrims each year.
    • Ethiopia and Ethiopians are mentioned about 50 times in The Bible and many times in the Koran and The Hadith
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