Ethiopia

Ethiopia

• The only Africa nation that has its own unique script.
• The first Amharic Bible was completed in 1820
• There are over 80 languages and 300 dialects spoken
• Ethiopian time is 3 hours ahead of GMT and is equally divided into day and night, each consisting of 12 hours from sunrise to sunset and vice- versa.
• Cotton scarves, rugs wall hangings made by Gamo weavers are exported all over the world.
• Out of 85 million population nearly half are below 20 years old
• The oldest indigenous theater in Africa is the 70 years old’ Hager Fikir ‘ theater.
• Ethiopia is one of the emerging top 12 travel destinations in the world .
• Fistula Hospitals in Ethiopia are the only medical centers in the world dedicated exclusively to Fistula repair.
• The only hospital in the world exclusively devoted fro the treatment of Donkeys is in Debre Zeit , Ethiopia.
• Africa’s oldest park is the were brought to Ethiopia form Australia in 1895
• Africa ‘s largest Drivers Training School is at kality Ethiopia.
• This school had a museum with many antique cars.
• Dembi Dolo is the only town in Ethiopia which leads to seven distinct regions and destinations from its center of Piazza.
• Ethiopia produces the highest yield of sugar per hectare in the world.
• New International standard Simien Lodge is the highest hotel in Africa at an altitude of 3,3000 meters (10,000 feet).
• Ethiopia houses one of the greatest concentrations of World Heritage sites in Africa .
• Awramba is an small village between Bahar Dar and Gondar in northern fertile lands of Ethiopia. In this small village there are no differences between how men and women work, no poverty, all children go to school and the elderly are well taken care of.