Ethiopia

Overview Over the time that we have hade this project I have learned a lot. Some examples are that the president of Ethiopia is Girma Wolde-Giyorgis Luchs. I also learned that the population is 85,254,090 that is an amazing number for a country that is only the size or smaller of Texas. There is also meny different kinds of animals like: a serval cat, a graffe, and an Ethopian wolf. It has helped me learn about different countrys. -- //Hailey// On this project i learned alot about ethipia. For example, ethopia is the oldest independent country in africa. And that ethopia has a big poupulation of muslims. I think that some day i want to go to this country if i go to africa because interesting. I also learned that we are very lucky to have a good goverment and good houses and alot entertainment stuff too. --Henry During my time doing this project i learned a lot about ethiopia's economy,government, and have also found out about the population and how there are so many muslims that have joined over time. Justin Freeman

I think doing this project on Ethiopia was good because i had some help with a few other students. I learned a lot about the country like its population, religions, and its location. I also learned about there economy and some interesting facts like, the animals on the country such as ethiopian wolves, giraffes, and some cats. Eric Golpe

Statistics Population In 2008 the estimated population was 85,254,090 people.
 * Life expectancy at birth, total (years) || 52.5 ||


 * 2008 estimate

|| 85,254,090

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 * 1994 census

|| 53,477,265

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|| Density

|| 70/km2 181/sq mi

|| []The population has been increasing over the years up to over 8.5 million people inhabit Ethiopia today

Geography media type="custom" key="3283654" media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=active&q=ethiopia&ie=UTF8&ll=9.145,40.489673&spn=15.699934,19.6875&z=6&output=embed&s=AARTsJr2VQXFZo_XfBINJRRcZ8vZ6heb7A" width="425" height="350"   media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ethiopia+&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.157795,78.75&ie=UTF8&ll=9.145,40.489673&spn=7.885952,9.84375&t=p&z=7&output=embed&s=AARTsJpLy1AmzIOV7Mcr_MHhd1sBnYrDFg" width="425" height="350"The country covers approximately 1,221,900 square kilometers and shares frontiers with Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, and Djibouti.

History Ethiopia is Africa's oldest **independent country** ** The first recorded kingdom in Ethiopia grew around Axum during the 3rd century BC. Axum was an offshoot of the Semitic Sabeam kingdoms of southern Arabia, it became the greatest ivory market in the north east. ** (This is president of Ethiopia Mr. Girma Wolde-Giyorgis Luchs: 8 October 2001-?)

Human settlement in Ethiopia dates back to prehistoric times. [|[][|7][|]] Fossilized remains of the earliest ancestors to the human species, discovered in Ethiopia, have been assigned dates as long ago as 5.9 million years. Lucy, the famous 40% complete human ancestor fossil, was found in Etheopia around ? []

Archeologists have found the oldest known human ancestors in Ethiopia, including //Ardipithecus ramidus kadabba// (c. 5.8–5.2 million years old) and //Australopithecus anamensis// (c. 4.2 million years old).


 * A new government was led by Meles Zenawi who set out a policy to pursue multi-party democracy. Eritrea became independent led by Isaias Afwerki, a friend of Zenawi.

During the 13th and 14th centuries the Red Sea Kingdoms became Ethiopian vassal states.

Wealth went to nobility and the church. Many thousands of people died due to famine and the war in Eritrea.

Covering well over a million square kilometers, Ethiopia is about twice as large as Kenya or Texas, or about five times as large as the United Kingdom. Its magnificent landscape ranges from desert areas to forested highlands.



Economy The **economy of Ethiopia** is based on agriculture, which accounts for half of gross domestic product, 60% of exports, and 80% of total employment. Other: Ethiopia is one of the world's poorest countries and relies heavily on foreign aid. A very small tourist industry. One of Africa's largest airlines.

Government Ethiopia adopted a new constitution that established the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) in 1995.The federal government is responsible for national defense, foreign relations and general policy of common interest and benefits. Ethiopia adopted a new constitution that established the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) in 1995

Religion A large number of religiens are traditionally practiced in Ethiopia, the most numerous today being Christianity, Islam, and Animism .
 * ~ [|Religion in Ethiopia] ||
 * religion ||  ||   || percent ||   ||
 * [|Christian] ||  |||| 62.8% ||
 * [|Islam] ||  |||| 33.9% ||
 * [|Traditional] Faiths ||  |||| 2.6% ||

Culture Ethiopian culture is very muli-faced, reflecting the ethnic diversity of the country; refer the articals on the Ethnic groups of Ethopia for details of each group. Ethiopia also has a considerable Muslim minority since the earliest days of [|Islam] The country is famous for its [|1984 devastating famine] as well as for its famous Olympic distance athletes, [|rock-hewn churches] and as the origin of the Coffee bean

an astonishing 83, falling into four main language groups: Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic and Nilo-Saharan. There are 200 different dialects.

an astonishing 83, falling into four main language groups: Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic and Nilo-Saharan. There are 200 different dialects.

Social Problems Nearly 78 percent lives on less than US $2 per day and lacks sustainable access to safe water supplies. Infant mortality is extremely high at 110 deaths per 1,000 live births. Approximately 870 women die in childbirth for every 100,000 deliveries Ethiopians are suffering from the lack of basic needs of life, such as food, health care, housing, education, safe and healthy environment.

Other Sports in Ethiopia include track and field and soccer. Track and Field as there most popular sport and soccer is the sport there good at and they won medals in the olympics for soccer. Ethiopia is one of the world's poorest countries and relies heavily on foreign aid. A very small tourist industry, and one of Africa's largest airlines. This is the flag of Ethiopia. This is the Coat of Arms of Ethiopia. __Some types of animals that live Ethiopia are:__ 1.) Blue-winged Goose 2.) Duikers and Dik-diks 3.) Ethiopian Wolf 4.)Giant Mole-rat 5.)Giraffe 6.)Gelada Baboon 7.)Lammergeier 8.)Mountain Nyala 9.)Serval Cat 10.)Topi The natural beauty of Ethiopia amazes the first-time visitor. Ethiopia is a land of rugged mountains ( some 25 are over 4000 meters high) broad savannah, lakes and rivers. 11.) Warthog 12.)Nyala 13.)Ethiopian Wolf 14.)Gelada Baboons 15.)goats/sheep and other livestock The official language of Ethiopia is [|Amharic], a [|Semitic language] which is spoken by about 27 million people (2.7 million expatriate). Amharic is written with the [|Ge'ez script] , which derives its name from the ancient Semitic [|Ge'ez language] . Ge'ez is largely extinct as a productive language but is still in [|liturgical] use by the [|Beta Israel] [|Jewishisum] community and the [|Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church] . The second largest language in Ethiopia is the [|Oromo language] , a [|Cushitic] language spoken by about 30% of the population. The third largest language in Ethiopia is the [|Tigrinya language], related to Amharic but mostly spoken in northern Ethiopia in the state of Tigray. Additionally, most villagers are accustomed to their ethnical languages over the official Amharic language National Anthem media type="youtube" key="ZfUvannwRd0" height="344" width="425"