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  Addis Ababa - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The site was chosen by Empress Taytu Betul and the city was founded in1886 by her husband, Emperor Menelik II, and now has a has a population of around four million, and an eight per cent annualgrowth rate.
The fossilized skeleton, and a plaster replica of the early hominid Lucy (known in Ethiopia as Dinkinesh) is preserved at the national Museum in Addis Ababa.
Unemployment is still the biggest economic challenge of the city, with the current rate standing at 42 per cent, and 60 percent of employment classified "informal." Similar to efforts made at the federal level, tax revenue has risen from $100 millionto $200 million, but is still short of the $500 million target.
www.encyclopedia-of-knowledge.com /?t=Addis_Ababa   (727 words)

  
 Dire Dawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dire Dawa was founded in 1902, after the Addis Ababa-Djibouti City railroad reached the area.
The railroad could not reach the city of Harar at its higher elevation, so Dire Dawa was built nearby.
The city is an industrial centre, home to several markets and an airport.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dire_Dawa   (119 words)

  
 wiki/Gambela Definition / wiki/Gambela Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gambela is one of the nine ethnic divisionsEthiopia is divided into 9 ethnically-based administrative regions (kililoch; singular - kilil): Afar Amhara Benishangul-Gumaz Gambela Hariai Oromia Somali Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region Tigray Additionally, there are two chartered cities (astedader akababiwach, singular - astedader akabibi):...
Dire DawaDire Dawa is a chartered city (astedader akabibi) in eastern Ethiopia.
SidamoSidamo was a province in the southern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Irgalem.
www.elresearch.com /wiki/Gambela   (877 words)

  
 DEHAI NEWS MAILING LIST ARCHIVE: [dehai-news] (Radio Nederland - Norway) Ethiopia´s federalism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
However, the federal structure has had a completely different impact in Gambela, which lies in the lowlands in the southwest of the country, along the border with southern Sudan.
The regions two main ethnic groups, the Anuak and the Nuer, are fighting to gain influence in the regional government, and the influx of tens of thousands of settlers from the highlands is only serving to make relations between the tribes even more explosive.
Gambela itself still looks as neglected and underdeveloped as it did 13 years ago, only now it's also extremely unsafe.
www.dehai.org /archives/dehai_news_archive/aug04/0050.html   (849 words)

  
 World cities with 70,000 to 75,000 people in 2005
Cities in the world with 70,000 to 75,000 inhabitants in 2005
Thus a city like Manila in the Philippines may have a city population of 1.6 million people (within its official city limits), but a urban area population closer to 10.5 million people.
All city population figures have been esimtated using various factors and based on data from qualified sources.
www.mongabay.com /igapo/2005_world_city_populations/2005_city_population_16.html   (544 words)

  
 Addis Ababa - Linix Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The site was chosen by Empress Taytu Betul and the city was founded in 1886 by her husband, Emperor Menelik II, and now has a has a population of around four million, and an eight per cent annual growth rate.
The city is served by Bole International Airport, where a new terminal opened in 2003.
Unemployment is still the biggest economic challenge of the city, with the current rate standing at 42 per cent, and 60 per cent of employment classified "informal." Similar to efforts made at the federal level, tax revenue has risen from $100 million to $200 million, but is still short of the $500 million target.
web.linix.ca /pedia/index.php/Addis_Ababa   (841 words)

  
 Gambela Relief Organization
Sources in Gambela report that at least Nuer tribesman was killed with machetes by a group of highlanders that no one yet know why they killed the Nuer tribesman.
Gambela City, November 19, 2004 - Sources in Gambela City informed the Gambelatoday.com today about uncorroborated reports that the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and the Ethiopian National Police Force (ENPF) brought last year under the pretext of restoring order into the region have killed five Anuak civilians in two different districts of Gambela.
While the situation in Gambela town remained unclear, the incident became an international concern as the magnitude of human suffering became revealed and thousands of Anywaa crossed the border and fled to Pochalla on the Sudan side.
gambelatoday.com /modules.php?name=List_News&new_topic=5   (2801 words)

  
 Cities in Ethiopia: 2005 Population Estimates
This 2005 population estimate is based on a number of factors and sources.
Please bear in mind that this is only an estimate of the number of people in a given city -- it may be possible to obtain actual figures from the U.N. and government sources.
Please note that all figures below refer populations for individual cities, not the population for urban agglomerations.
www.mongabay.com /igapo/2005_world_city_populations/Ethiopia.html   (367 words)

  
 Letter from Ethiopia - April 25, 2003 - Tizibt Mezgebu
The city of Bahr Dar on the shores of Lake Tana is perhaps my favorite destination inside Ethiopia on work-related trips.
Even before the boom that this city has seen in the past few years, Bahr Dar always had that perpetual sense of tranquility, freshness and the Gojame zest for life all wrapped in one.
The city of Gonder – that grand establishment of the Middle Ages that defined what Ethiopia of then looked like has now fallen victim to EPRDF’s kilil policy that has put Bahr Dar as the capital of the Amhara region.
www.ethiopians.com /letter/letter_from_ethiopia__Tizibt_April25_03.htm   (1366 words)

  
 Unsolved Mysteries: Progressive Review Archive
On the 19th, Coulson noted on his travel records that his investigation in Oklahoma City was related to "MC-111." Several days later, Coulson's voucher indicated his assignment in Oklahoma was "MC-117" - the official FBI case number assigned to the bombing of the federal building.
An internal FBI memo indicates FBI agents suspended their search for the elusive Oklahoma City bomb suspect John Doe No. 2 in the critical weeks soon after the April 1995 blast, belying assurances by federal officials at the time that the search was continuing.
Elohim City, a 1,000 acre spread in eastern Oklahoma, has not only been headquarters for a mixture of Nazis, drug dealers, and bank robbers, it appears to have enjoyed immunity from federal intervention.
emporium.turnpike.net /P/ProRev/mystery.htm   (16811 words)

  
 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
The 18th Congressional District is located in the city of Houston, Texas.
Houston, Texas an inland port city, was founded near the headwaters of the Buffalo Bayou on August 30, 1836, by New York land speculators, the brothers August C. and John K. Allen.
Following the war the city developed as a rail center with 12 railways by 1891.
www.jacksonlee.house.gov /display2.cfm?id=3238&type=District   (932 words)

  
 Gambela - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Gambela - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Gambela is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia.
in the west of the country along the border with Sudan, Gambela's population (as of 1999) is 206,000.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Gambela   (93 words)

  
 COMMIT Ministries Ethiopia Ministry Trips
The Smith's did many things for the poor and needy in the old center city of Addis Ababa including providing clothing and their, now famous, meal tickets for lunch.
But the Smith's were not satisfied by having the people they ministered to be dependent and wanted to do something that would help them stand on their own.
The feeding centers and meal tickets that were started by the Smith's are still used and have become a widely known and embraced outreach program to the community.
www.pixi.com /~commit/ethiopia.htm   (336 words)

  
 European Union | Election Observation Mission to Ethiopia 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The 9 regions are: Harari, Benishagui, Oromya, Gambela, Somalia, SNNP (Shouthern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples, Amhara, Afar and Tigray, plus the city administrations of Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa.
Elections for the Regional Councils of the nine regions and the Addis Ababa city administration are also conducted under a majoritarian system.
However the constituencies are multi mandate and voters cast their votes to as many candidates as there are determined for the constituency.
www.et-eueom.org /electoralsystem.htm   (1425 words)

  
 The Notion of Majority and Minority in the Ethiopian Federal Context
That ethnic federations may dispense the majority minority tension at the centre but often reproduce the tension at state level, as none of the constituent states in multiethnic federations remain to be absolutely homogenous.
Another dimension emerging in the city state of Harar, Gambela and Benishangul Gumuz regional states is quite interesting.
In Gambela despite some controversy over figures the Nuer stand to be numerically greater than their rivalry the Anuaks but the later at least so far dominate the regions politics since the change of government in 1991.
www.ethiopiafirst.com /news2003/Sept/Majority_and_Minority.html   (1568 words)

  
 COUNTRY PROFILE: ETHIOPIA
Less than one-half of Ethiopia’s towns and cities are connected to the national grid.
Exploration for gas and oil is underway in the Gambela region bordering Sudan.
In general, Ethiopians rely on forests for nearly all of their energy and construction needs; the result has been deforestation of much of the highlands during the last three decades.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_profiles/2004-2005/Ethiopia.html   (10791 words)

  
 MapZones.com : Ethiopia Map   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The population of Ethiopia (2001 estimate) is 65,891,874 estimate, yielding an overall density of 58 persons per sq km (151 per sq mi).
The regime was weakened by the withdrawal of military aid, and opponents of the regime gained control of vast amounts of rural territory and destabilized life in the cities.
However, by early 1978 the Mengistu regime had managed to secure military assistance from the USSR and Cuba, enabling it to regain control of lost territories and drive its opponents underground.
atlas.mapzones.com /ethiopia/ethiopia.php   (2179 words)

  
 CamphorFountain: Asmara 1973-74
The Asmara Junior Secondary School, located at the eastern edge of the city, near the escarpment which drops 8,200 feet to the Red Sea, was on split session.
Riding a bus through the city with J.C., or riding one down the mountain and across the Danakil Depression to the port city of Massawa, brought us into contact with the Eritrean people (especially the women) in ways completely new.
In fact, on one of our earlier vacations to the lowland river city of Gambela along the Sudan border, we noticed that the vacationing highlanders were invariably dressed in jackets and sweaters regardless of the fact that it was often 90 to 100 degrees and very humid.
camphorfountain.blogspot.com /2004/06/asmara-1973-74.html   (4433 words)

  
 Shop Fresh : Article 'Gisborne'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It is a sparsely inhabited and isolated region, with small settlements mainly clinging to small bays along the eastern shore such as Tokomaru Bay and Tolaga Bay.
Other than the city of Gisborne, the main settlement is the town of Ruatoria.
The population fo the region is about 45,000, with two-thirds of those living in the city.
www.shop-fresh.net /DisplayArticle327846.html   (811 words)

  
 wiki/Roha Definition / wiki/Roha Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Lalibela is a city in the ethnic divisionEthiopia is divided into 9 ethnically-based administrative regions (kililoch; singular - kilil): Afar Amhara Benishangul-Gumaz Gambela Hariai Oromia Somali Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region Tigray Additionally, there are two chartered cities (astedader akababiwach, singular - astedader akabibi):...
The Afar language is spoken in the district....
Lalibela is one modern Ethiopia's holiest cities, second only to Aksum, and is a center of pilgrimageA pilgrimage is a journey by a religious person to a place that is sacred according to his or her religion.
www.elresearch.com /wiki/Roha   (824 words)

  
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At Gambela we already have a technical school, but it seemed important to teach the little ones from an early age to live together without hating and killing each other.” Another important place where they can meet together is the Youth Centre.
Last February in the city of San Francisco in California, the Mayor, Gavin Newson, opened the way for homosexuals to get civilly married and about four thousand did so.
The networking undertaken by the Salesians, thanks also to the collaboration of the city’s Education Department, is aimed at young people or adults who for various reasons have left the normal system of courses of education.
www.sdb.ph /sdb4/N7/20040425ENG.doc   (3380 words)

  
 Holidays in Ethiopia - Travelling to Ethiopia - Holidays in Ethiopia - www.reiswijs.co.uk
Addis Ababa is situated in the foothills of the 3,000 meters Entoto Mountains and rambles pleasantly across many wooded hillsides and gullies cut through with fast flowing streams.
The city of Harar is an ancient (1520) city.
Harar was an important trading center and is famous for its ancient buildings, its great city walls and as a centre of Islamic learning (the city has 99 mosques).
www.reiswijs.co.uk /destinations/africa/ethiopia/ethiopia.html   (1228 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
'''Gambela''' is one of the nine Regions of Ethiopia ethnic divisions (''kililoch'') of Ethiopia.
- Map of Gambela Region at UN-OCHA {{Ethiopia}} {{AfricaE-geo-stub}} Category:Regions of Ethiopia es:Gambella
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Gambela.
www.mauspfeil.net /Gambela.html   (148 words)

  
 Journeys - Ecotours and Travel - Ethiopia Cultural Explorer with Aksum
The Enclosure, which lies in the heart of the city, is surrounded by high stonewalls and connected all together by a series of tunnels and raised walkways.
Aksum is considered the holiest city in Ethiopia.
Christianity was declared the national religion here in the 4th century and it is supposedly home to the original Ark of the Covenant, according to the Orthodox Church.
www.4ecotravel.com /destinations/africa/ethiopia/545   (1773 words)

  
 Airfare to Gambela - Discount Gambela Airline Tickets
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Buy your Gambela ticket as far in advance as possible.
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www.kasbah.com /airfares/ethiopia_gambela.htm   (229 words)

  
 Normandy, Roto Die resume talks to resolve dispute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
After unsuccessful attempts by the civic group to block the company's efforts through the city's Zoning Board of Adjustment and Common Pleas Court, the matter is now before Commonwealth Court.
At the request of City Councilman Brian O'Neill (R-10th dist.), Mayor John Street intervened in hopes of reaching a compromise.
Gambela, who will challenge incumbent Jonathan Saidel for the controller's office, said a vote for him is wise because "you don't want people of the same party watching the money.
www.northeasttimes.com /2001/0516/normandy.html   (582 words)

  
 Theory versus Practice in the Implementation of Ethiopia’s Ethnic Federalism
Another dimension emerging in the city state of Harar, Gambela and Benishangul Gumuz states is that the numerical majority remains to be a political minority in terms of its influence in the regional political process.
In the state of Harar, the Hararies, constituting only seven percent of the total population in the region play a key role over the rest of the ethnic groups living in the region.
In Gambela despite some controversy over figures, the Nuer stand to be numerically greater than their rival, the Anuaks but the latter, at least so far, dominate the region’s political process since 1991.
www.aigaforum.com /endnote.htm   (4949 words)

  
 Ethiopia States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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.
As a result, there were 102 awraja subdivided into 556 wereda.
Another reorganization in 1991 left twelve rasgez akababiwach (autonomous regions) and two chartered cities, which were subdivided into about 600 wereda.
www.statoids.com /uet.html   (892 words)

  
 Letter from Ethiopia - August 2002 - Tizibt Mezgebu
I was too young then but there are still many people in Addis Ababa who remember receiving a brand new Birr note from Haile Selassie whenever he toured the city.
Menelik dined in the house of his dejazmaches and had half of Addis Ababa in his palace at least once in a month.
If he goes and visits homeless people, HIV/AIDS patients and orphans, NGO efforts in the city he may find out that Addis Ababa may be more safe than Khartoum where we were told he toured the city in an open motorcade only a year ago.
www.mediaethiopia.com /letter/letter_from_ethiopia__Tizibt_August02.htm   (781 words)

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