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Topic: Bale Province, Ethiopia

	The eight wonder of the World
		After the decline of the Axumite empire, lamenting their lost grandeur, Ethiopias rulers retreated with their Christian subjects to the lofty escarpment of the central uplands.
		There, protected by mountain battlements more formidable than anything the hand of man could fashion, they were able to repel an increasingly expansionist and militant Islam trapping and confusing their enemies in the precipitous maze of valleys that intersects the high plateau.
		Lalibela was born in Roha in the second half of the twelfth century, the youngest son of the royal line of the Zagwe dynasty, which then ruled over much of northern Ethiopia.
	www.ethiopiatravel.com /Lalibela_eng.htm (966 words)

	Ecotourist gis data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the Southeast.
		This province is distinctive for lying entirely within the bend of the Abbay River from its outflow from Lake Tana to the Sudanese border; the remainder of its northern boundary with Begemder was defined by the Dinder River.
		As one of the provinces of the Imperial era, Tigray was ruled by a native Ras or Negus.
	www.ecotourist.com /Ethiopia012.htm (1330 words)

	Ethiopia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Ethiopia is governed under the constitution of 1994, which provides for a president as chief of state and a prime minister as head of government.
		A border clash at Welwel in SE Ethiopia along the border with Italian Somaliland on Dec. 5, 1934, increased tension, and on Oct. 3, 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia.
		In 1977, Somalia invaded disputed territory in the Ogaden Desert and Bale Province.
	www.bartleby.com /65/et/Ethiopia.html (2774 words)

	UNDP-ET: About Ethiopia
		Ethiopia is situated in the part of north-eastern Africa known as the Horn of Africa, sharing frontiers with the Sudan to the north and west, Djibouti to the north-east, Somalia to the south-east, and Kenya to the south.
		Ethiopia has essentially three climatic zones: (a) a cool zone consisting of the central parts of the Western and Eastern section of the high plateaux, and the region around Harar with terrains generally about 2,400 metres, (b) a temperate zone between 1,500 and 2,400 metres, and (c) the hot lowlands below 1,500 metres.
		The ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity of Ethiopia is startling.
	www.et.undp.org /ethiopia/intro.htm (3657 words)

	Ethiopia - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ethiopia is an extremely poor and overwhelmingly agricultural country, with farm products accounting for over half of the country's gross domestic product and 90% of its exports (mainly coffee).
		Ethiopia: scaling up: assessing the impact of a dramatic increase in aid on one of Africa's poorest countries.
		Multiethnic federalism in Ethiopia: a study of the secession clause in the constitution.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ethiopia.html (3323 words)

	Ethiopia Land Reform
		Historically, Ethiopia was divided into the northern highlands, which constituted the core of the old Christian kingdom, and the southern highlands, most of which were brought under imperial rule by conquest.
		Tenancy in the southern provinces ranged between 65 and 80 percent of the holdings, and tenant payments to landowners averaged as high as 50 percent of the produce.
		Tenant farmers in southern Ethiopia, where the average tenancy was as high as 55 percent and rural elites exploited farmers, welcomed the land reform.
	www.country-studies.com /ethiopia/land-reform.html (1617 words)

	Straw Bale Houses
		Bales may be square, rectangular, or round, depending on the type of baler used.
		Baling is a major towns in the northern state of Kedah, in Peninsular Malaysia.
		Peter Bales (1547-1610?), English calligraphist, one of the inventors of shorthand writing, was born in London in 1547, and is described by Anthony Wood as a "most dexterous person in his profession, to the great wonder of scholars and others".
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/193/straw-bale-houses.html (1053 words)

	Ethiopia Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
		Ethiopia is subject to periodic drought and famines, the most recent of which were in 1958, 1966, 1973–1974, 1984–1985, and 1988.
		Ethiopia is an overwhelmingly agricultural-based country, with approximately 80% of its economically active population engaged in subsistence farming.
		In 1976 Ethiopia began to accept military aid from the Soviet Union and Cuba, ending a previous alliance with the U.S. In 1977, Somalia invaded disputed territory in the Ogaden Desert and the Bale province.
	www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Ethiopia.html (1902 words)

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		Bussmann, R.W. (1997) The forest vegetation of the Harenna escarpment (Bale province, Ethiopia) - syntaxonomy and phytogeographical affinities.
		McCann, J.C. (1997) The plough and the forest - Narratives of deforestation in Ethiopia, 1840-1992.
		Tamrat Bekele (1994) Phytosociology and ecology of a humid afromontane forest on the central plateau of Ethiopia.
	members.lycos.co.uk /WoodyPlantEcology/ethiopia/biblio.html (1908 words)

	Ethiopia States
		It's not clear whether it had formerly belonged to one of the administrative regions, or was made a chartered city at the time of the most recent reorganization of Ethiopia (about 1995), and was missed by the ISO standard.
		By 1965, the number of provinces had increased to 14, and the number of subprovinces to 82.
		This was the division of Ethiopia prevailing in 1987:
	www.statoids.com /uet.html (917 words)

	ethiopia - Qwika
		Preceded by:Sarsa Dengel Emperor of Ethiopia Succeeded by:Sissinios
		Preceded by:Gelawdewos Emperor of Ethiopia Succeeded by:Sarsa Dengel
		Emperor of Ethiopia The Emperor (Ge'ez ንጉሠ ነገሥት,, "King of Kings") of Ethiopia was the hereditary ruler of Ethiopia until the abolition of the monarchy in...
	www.qwika.com /find/ethiopia?int=60 (589 words)

	Patriarch Tewoflos (Meliktu Welde Mariam), Ethiopia, Ethiopian Orthodox Church
		In April 1943, the churches of Ethiopia and Alexandria agreed to ordain bishops from among the senior monks of Ethiopia.
		In 1950, by permission of the synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the goodwill of Patriarch Baslewos, Abuna Tewoflos was made vice patriarch and was given delegation to Patriarch Yosab of Alexandria according to the agreement made by the authorities of these two churches.
		In his evangelization efforts in Bale province, he baptized twenty-four thousand people who converted to the Orthodox faith from the Awama faith and other religions in 1956 and 1957 alone.
	www.dacb.org /stories/ethiopia/tewoflos2.html (2931 words)

	Ethnologue report for Ethiopia
		Olam is in southwest Ethiopia and on the Sudan border.
		Ethnic population: All ethnic Oromo are 30,000,000 in Ethiopia.
		South central Ethiopia, northeast of Lake Abaya and southeast of Lake Awasa (Sidamo Awraja).
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Ethiopia (2599 words)

	A Summary of the Cushite Peoples of Eastern Africa
		AFAR ("DANAKIL", AFARAF) [AFR] 300,000 in Djibouti (1996), 55.23% of the population (1996); 450,000 in Ethiopia (1994 UBS); 300,000 in Eritrea (1993); 1,000,000 in all countries.
		Gabra (Gabbra) (Ethiopia and Kenya) -- 80,000 (?), Unreached
		Ethiopia is considered the traditional home territory, but some migration occurs between the two countries.
	endor.hsutx.edu /~obiwan/articles/cushite.html (4925 words)

	Greater Somalia information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The revolt raged in Bale province for several years until a number of developments took the energy out of the militants, including the decision of Somali Prime Minister Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal to focus his country's resources on economic development.
		Rebels began to surrender to the Ethiopians at the end of 1969; Waqo Gutu, who had been the foremost of the insurgents, was surrounded with his command of barely 200 men in Arana by the Ethiopian army in February 1970 and surrendered.
		Ethiopia scored a decisive victory in 1978 that ended the Ogaden War.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Greater_Somalia (342 words)

	Bale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bale Province, Ethiopia, a former province in Ethiopia
		bale, a bale of turtles, which is a group of turtles.
		Bail, a homophone of and often confused with "bale"
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bale (164 words)

	Ethiopian Rift Valley Safaris - Gishen Mariam: Feast of the Piece of the Cross - Kulubi Gabriel: Celebration of St. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Almost every Christian in Ethiopia has a patron Saint and one of the most popular is Gabriel.
		Lost in the desert plains of Bale Province in Ethiopia, lies the sacred shrine of Sheikh Hussein.
		Through the heat haze and craggy outlines of the Bale Mountains on the distant horizon, this remote shrine and its sacred compound house the tomb of a Saint renowned for his miraculous powers.
	www.ethiopianriftvalleysafaris.com /gishmar.htm (524 words)

	GEESKA AFRIKA MAGAZINE AND HAN- geeskaafrika.com
		Therefore, in the history of Ethiopia, Harari coins were the first coins next to Axumite ones.
		In Ethiopia as Axum was the window for Christianity, Harar is the same for Islam.
		However, Harar remained as the spiritual City of Ethiopia's Muslim community, the political capital of Hararge Province until 1994 and has become a federal city-state since 1995.
	www.geeskaafrika.com /ethiopia_18jul06.htm (1572 words)

	Lessons in Repression: Violations of Academic Freedom in Ethiopia
		On numerous occasions, students have taken to the streets to express their discontent with a range of political issues including changes in education policy, denial of academic freedom, and the negative impact of economic policies.
		High school students in particular are sensitive to the hardship government policies may cause as many come from rural areas where their families live in abject poverty.
		A group of students met the then parliamentary spokesperson to discuss their opposition to the war in general and the recruitment of Oromo youths in particular.
	hrw.org /reports/2003/ethiopia0103/ethiopia0103-04.htm (11548 words)

	Ethiopia 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		We were in Addis Ababa and nearby parts of the Western Highlands, the Rift Valley, Bale and Awash National Parks, and parts of Sidamo province in the South, near the highway.
		Like nearly all visitors, we loved the country, we want to return, we want to spread the word, and we were moved by the people's aspirations to a better life.
		Ethiopia's historical and spiritual riches, and general touristic information, is off-topic.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/Ethiopia97.html (805 words)

	Ethiopia - Thematic Reports
		The majority of the 105 cases of disappearance reported to the WG occurred between 1991 and 1996 under the Transitional Government, and concerned members of the Oromo ethnic group suspected of participation in the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF).
		The report refers to one case, which occurred in 1996, concerning an Ethiopian refugee in Djibouti who was said to have been arrested at a refugee camp in Djibouti by members of the Djibouti police and handed over to the Ethiopian authorities.
		It was further noted that most of the girls subject to this tradition are about 15 years old and that many of them prefer death to being married off to men who are 80 years old, while others have refused this type of marriage because they consider it to be a form of "women's slavery".
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord1998/vol2/ethiopiatr.htm (954 words)

	Ethiopia
		Americans throughout Ethiopia are advised to carefully consider the security implications when visiting such public places as markets, restaurants, bars, night clubs and hotel lobbies and to limit their presence in these places.
		Reports of banditry are not uncommon in the southernmost areas of Ethiopia, along the Kenyan border and as far north as Woleyita (former Sidamo province).
		The route to Asebeteferi, the vicinity of Harar, the Ogaden region, and the sides of the roads north from Addis Ababa to Tigray province are known mined areas.
	ethio.com /embassy/counslor.html (1151 words)

	Recent records of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) from Ethiopia
		The three southern National Parks in Ethiopia Mago (5), Omo (6) and Nechisar (7) lie in the savannah belt, which covers much of southern Ethiopia and grades into the semi-desert areas of northern Kenya.
		Wild dogs were seen in the southern Harenna Forest of the Bale Mountains on several occasions in the 1980s (Hillman, 1993), at elevations ranging from 2,000-2,800m.
		This report is interesting as the area is in the densely populated and intensively cultivated highlands of Ethiopia.
	www.canids.org /canidnews/4/ethiopian_wild_dog.htm (2324 words)

	Population Resarch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The brass P/F ratio method and the Relational Gompertz model were used for indirect estimation techniques Unvariate and bivariate procedures were used for the analysis of fertility differentials Multiple classification Analysis (MCA) is used to measure the magnitude of the independent variable on the dependent variable.
		Among the selected predictor variables, mortality status, province of residence, migration and ethnicity are the most important factors accounting for the greatest proportion of the variance in fertility.
		The no. Of children desired was lowest (3.57 per woman) among lawyers and highest among Muslim religious leaders (8.43 per woman) A high level of awareness of the population problems in Ethiopia was observed among the elite sub-groups, with the exception of the religious leaders.
	www.un.org /popin/regional/africa/ethiopia/resarch/index.htm (2374 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		One of Ethiopia`s three highly localized endemic serins, Ankober Serin, is also a highland species, occurring along the spectacular Ankober escarpment north of Awash.
		In addition to more than 800 species of birds, of which a staggering 29 are endemic to Ethiopia and its neighbour Eritrea, Ethiopia has a number of peculiar mammals, and a scenic diversity and cultural uniqueness that are hard to equal...
		The lowlands of Illubador Province in extreme western Ethiopia have a fauna and flora, landscape and culture quite distinct from the rest of the country.
	www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/africa/ethiopia.html (2282 words)

	Ethiopia Hunting, Safaris in Ethiopia, Hunt Africa
		Mt. Nyala safaris are conducted in both the Arusi Mountains and the Bale Mountains at altitudes anywhere from 6,000 to 11,000 feet.
		The concessions are located in Bale Province, just southeast of Goba and Bale National Park which is a nine hour drive southeast of Addis Ababa and the Din Din mountains which are a 6 hour drive from Addis.
		The Omo River lies in the Ethiopia Great Rift Valley, with vistas of the mountains of Kenya to the south are the hills of Sudan to the west.
	www.hunt-africa.com /ethiopia_overview.htm (945 words)

	Ethnologue: Somalia
		Ethnic Jiiddu in Bale Province, Ethiopia speak Oromo as mother tongue.
		Daarood is a large clan family in northeast Somalia and the Ogaadeen region of Ethiopia, extreme southern Somalia and northeast Kenya which speaks several different dialects.
		Dir is a clan family with various clans in Djibouti, Ethiopia, throughout Somalia and northeast Kenya.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Soma.html (1112 words)

	Bale information - Search.com
		Bale Province, Ethiopia, a former province in Ethiopia
		paper bale, a unit of paper measurement equal to ten reams
		Bail, a homophone of and often confused with "bale"
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Bale (249 words)

	The Ultimate Bale - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The Ultimate Bale - American History Information Guide and Reference
		A large package of compressible material, especially hay or straw, tightly bound with twine or wire, often produced by a baling machine
		Edward Turner Bale, of the above mill and park
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Bale (60 words)

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