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The Addis Ababa–Adama Expressway ( Amharic: የአዲስ አበባ-አዳማ የፍጥነት መንገድ, romanized : ye’ādīsi ābeba-ādama yefit’ineti menigedi, Oromo: Daandii saffisaa Finfinnee gara Adaamaa) is a toll road that connects Addis Ababa to Adama. It is the first expressway in Ethiopia. The road was built between 2010 and ...
1942. Headquarters. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Official languages. Amharic, Arabic and Oromo. Website. ena.et. The Ethiopian News Agency ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት Ye-Ityopya Zéna Agelgelot ( IZA) or ENA) is the official news agency of the government of Ethiopia. It is the oldest news organisation in Ethiopia ...
Transport in Ethiopia is overseen by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Over the last years, the Ethiopian federal authorities have significantly increased funding for rail and road construction to build an infrastructure, that allows better economic development . A taxi in Addis Ababa, 2008.
Originally, in 2011, the dam was planned to be 145 m (476 ft) tall with a volume of 10.1 million m³. The reservoir was planned to have a volume of 66 km 3 (54,000,000 acre⋅ft) and a surface area of 1,680 km 2 (650 sq mi) at full supply level.
The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation ( EBC; Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ ብሮድካስቲንግ ኮርፖሬሽን, romanized : ītiyop’iya birodikasitīnigi koriporēshini ), now rebranded as ETV (stylized in all lowercase), is an Ethiopian government -owned public service broadcaster. [ 3] It is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and ...
The Obelisk of Axum ( Tigrinya: ሓወልቲ ኣኽሱም, romanized: ḥawelti Akhsum; Amharic: የአክሱም ሐውልት, romanized : Ye’Åksum ḥāwelt) is a 4th-century CE, 24-metre (79 ft) tall phonolite [3] stele, weighing 160 tonnes (160 long tons; 180 short tons), in the city of Axum in Ethiopia. It is ornamented with two false ...
Lalibela ( Amharic: ላሊበላ) is a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Lasta district and North Wollo Zone, it is a tourist site for its famous rock-cut monolithic churches designed in contrast to the earlier monolithic churches in Ethiopia. [ 1] The whole of Lalibela is a large and important site for the antiquity ...
The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR; Amharic: የደቡብ ብሔር ብሔረሰቦችና ሕዝቦች ክልል, romanized : Yädäbub Bḥer Bḥeräsäbočna Hzboč Kllə) was a regional state in southwestern Ethiopia. It was formed from the merger of five kililoch, called Regions 7 to 11 ...