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Website. aau.edu.et. Addis Ababa University (AAU) (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) is a national university located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the oldest university in Ethiopia. AAU has thirteen campuses. Twelve of these are situated in Addis Ababa, and one is located in Bishoftu, about 45 kilometres (28 mi) away.
The history of Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, formally begins with the founding of the city in the 19th century by Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II and his wife Empress Taytu Betul. In its first years the city was more like a military encampment than a town. The central focus was the emperor’s palace, which was surrounded by the dwellings of ...
Arturo Mezzedimi. Arturo Mezzedimi (19 June 1922 – 30 May 2010) was an Italian architect who worked principally in East Africa and the Middle East. He designed more than a hundred buildings in the Horn of Africa, among them Addis Ababa City Hall and Africa Hall, [1][2] and planned more than twenty urban centres in Ethiopia. [3]
Addis Ababa is a highly developed [9] and important cultural, artistic, financial and administrative center of Ethiopia. It is widely known as one of Africa's major capitals. [10] The founding history of Addis Ababa dates back to the late 19th century by Menelik II, Negus of Shewa, in 1886 after finding Mount Entoto unpleasant two years prior. [11]
Menelik founded the first modern school in Addis Ababa in 1908 and sent several students to Europe. Haile Selassie sent hundreds of young men and women to study abroad and set up the capital's second modern school in 1925. He established schools and several cities, as well as training institutions and technical schools.
Formerly called, Adama University, Nazret College of Technical Teachers Education preceding Nazret Technical College. Since 2001 it is part of Addis Ababa University. [2] Gambella University .. Gambella Region. Private college, formerly known as ALKAN Health Science College, with campuses in Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar and Dessie.
15th-century – "Barara" was identified as possible location of the city. 1450 – Italian cartographer, Fra Mauro depicted the city standing between Mounts Zikwala and Menegasha. 1529 — Ethiopian-Adal War, the Adal Sultanate entirely sacked the city under general Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi . 1884 – Mount Entoto was founded by Negus and ...
Urban evolution of Addis Ababa. Urbanization of Addis Ababa began in late 19th century in a site of Finfinne inhabited by various Oromo clans, and Emperor Menelik II formed permanent settlement for his army and nobles. In 1881, he transferred his capital to Entoto, a vicinity area of Addis Ababa, ultimately relocated in Addis Ababa in 1886; he ...