1.Ethiopiaby: Y. Oliver

2. Native People The native people of Ethiopia include theOromo, Amhara, Somali, Tigray, Sidama, Gurage,Welayta, Hadiya, Afar, Gamo, and Gedeo. Currently, nearly 100% of the population is native. Some of the ancient ruins include the Ruins ofAksum. 3. The Ruins of Aksum They are the ruins of the ancient city ofAksum, located near Ethiopias northern border. The ruins date from the 1st to 12th century CE. The ruins include monolithic obelisks, giantstelae, royal tombs, and ancient castles. It declined politically in the 10th century CE, butEthiopian emperors continued to be crowned there. 4. Colonization Ethiopia is considered to never have been colonized.Since it has never been a colony, it didnt gainindependence from anyone. Ethiopia became an independent nation in 1137, andthe current constitution was established in 1991. 5. Government Ethiopia is a Federal parliamentary republic. Infact, the full name of the nation of Ethiopia is theFederal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Everyone in Ethiopia is friendly (well, atleast, mostly everyone), so it is therefore safe. 6. Economy Ethiopias GDP per capita is $1,092. That is one of the lowest in the world. The GDP total is $94.878 billion. The currency in Ethiopia is Birr. 17 Birr is the equivalent of 1 U.S. Dollar. Agriculture is accountable 41% of economy and accounts for 85% of employment inEthiopia. The major export crop in coffee. 13% of economy is from industry, 46% is from the service industry. The poverty rate is 29.2%. Some of the industries of Ethiopia include foodprocessing, beverages, textiles, leather, chemicals, metals processing, and cement. No oil production, yet they use approx. 47,000 barrels a day. 7. Economy (continued) Ethiopia and Eritrea were at war for a long time andEritrea took all of Ethiopias remaining coastline.Now Ethiopias only port is in Djibouti, and theroad to Djibouti is two lanes. Nearly all of Ethiopiasimports and exports are transported on the littleroad in tons of diesel trucks. And this is the good part! 8. Climate/Topography The landscape of Ethiopia includes mountains,dissected plateaus, the Great Rift Valley, lowlands,steeps, and semi-desert. Basically, the landscape isvery diverse. The best time to visit Ethiopia climate wise is thedry season, which is September to February or May. 9. Tourism Sports of Ethiopia include soccer and athletics.Ethiopia is also famous for its world-class runners. Places to go include Simien Mountains NationalPark, Lalibela, and the Tombs of Kings Kaleb andGebre Meskel. Also, Ethiopian food is amazing!!! 10. Simien Mountains National Park This national park has excellent trekking, amazingviews, and a large variety of wildlife. The wildlife of this park includes walia ibexs, geladababoons, Ethiopian wolves, rockhyraxes, jackals, bushbucks, klipspringers, thick-billed raven, black-headed siskin, white-collaredpigeons, white-billed starlings, wattled ibis, spot-breasted plover, white-backed black tit, andAnkober seedeater/serin. 11. Lalibela Lalibela is a collection of 11 churches. Not just anychurches, churches carved out of the ground! Yes, you heard meright, out of the ground!!! Of course they are therefor at thebottom of a pit, with their roofs at ground level. They are actualbuildings that you can go inside, not something like earthenplatform mounds. From a birds eye view, the look like giant redstone crosses. They have been kept by generations of priests whoprotect their treasures (such as illuminated Bibles, illustratedmanuscripts, and ornamented crosses. Lalibela is located about halfway between Addis Ababa (thecapital) and the northern part of the boarder. The altitude of Lalibela is 2,630 meters, or 8629 feet, above sealevel. The admission is 100 Birr, the equivalent of nearly 6 U.S. Dollars. 12. Food/Drink Some Ethiopian food includes Doro wat, shiro wat, beeffillet tibs (one of my personal favorites), lambtibs, kitfo, eggs, avocado juice (which my momlikes), Tej, fresh fruit juices, Ethiopian beer, manyvegetables (especially onion, tomato, garlic, andpeppers), NO pork or shellfish, and tihlo. All of the food is served upon injera, aflat, sourdough, pancake-like bread made from tef (agrain indigenous to Ethiopia) as well as otheringredients. Injera is also used as an edible utensil byscooping up and eating the food along with the injera 13. Other Facts The national language of Ethiopia is Amharic, butmany people there also speak English. There are 82 other languages spoken in Ethiopia. The characters in Amharic go by syllable. Ethiopia is set at a very high altitude, so altitudesickness in tourists is somewhat common. The time is 11 hours ahead of Kodiak, so somemajor jet lag may occur. 14. The Ethiopian Location offlag. Ethiopia onglobeThe SimienMountains.Me eatingbeef fillet tibs 15. One of the Lalibela A dish of injera with churches. various foods.Some Ethiopians travel byhorse-drawn carriage. 16. There is sometimescattle being herded inAn example of somethe middle of the city. Ethiopian housing.Another example ofsome housing. 17. My brother and I.Im learning about Ethiopia for it is my brothers homeland. 18. References Wikipedia.com Wiki Answers Yahoo Answers Lonely Planet CIA Google Maps visualgeography.com My mom My nana