Tourist Guide Addis ababa
Addis Ababa, capital and largest city of Ethiopia, is located at the geographic
heart of the nation in the mountainous Shawa Province, at the foot of Mount
Entoto.
Addis Ababa, which means "New Flower" in Amharic, was founded in 1896
by Emperor Menelik II, and the city is the last in a succession of capitals
of the great Abyssinian empire dating back to the pre-Christian Axum.
Today Addis Ababa is a huge metropolis of 4 million people where modern buildings
and wide open boulevards stand side by side with historic churches, palaces
and monuments, as well as simple country-style huts.
The city is served by the modern Bole International Airport and it has a railway
connection with Djibouti.
Modern Addis Ababa also plays host to many international organizations, including
the OAU, the Economic Commission for Africa, and other multi-national bodies,
who all have their headquarters here.
