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| 1 | Harar ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1883 Lat/Lng : 9.3111 / 42.1278 | Harar (Harari: ሐረር), and known to its inhabitants as Gēy (Harari: ጌይ), is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia. It was formerly the capital of Hararghe and now the capital of the modern Harari Region of Ethiopia. The city is located on a hilltop in the eastern extension of the Ethiopian Highlands, (...) | |
| 2 | Dire Dawa ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1215 Lat/Lng : 9.5919 / 41.8596 | Dire Dawa (lit. "Place of Remedy",Kefale, Asnake. "Ethnic Federalism and Conflict Management in Ethiopia: The Case of Dire Dawa" in Luc Sindjoun (ed.)'s The Coming African Hour: Dialectics of Opportunities and Constraints, . Africa Institute of South Africa (Pretoria), 2010. Accessed 15 Feb 2014 (...) | |
| 3 | Ethiopia ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 2677 Lat/Lng : 8.0 / 38.0 | Ethiopia (; , , listen), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south (...) | |
| 4 | Djibouti (city) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 11.5883 / 43.145 | Djibouti City (also called Djibouti;) is the eponymous capital and largest city of Djibouti. It is located in the coastal Djibouti Region on the Gulf of Tadjoura. Djibouti City has a population of around 529,000 inhabitants, which counts for over 70% of the country's population (...) | |
| 5 | Italian East Africa ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2425 Lat/Lng : 9.0272 / 38.7369 | Italian East Africa was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa. It was formed in 1936 through the merger of Italian Somalia, Italian Eritrea, and the newly occupied Ethiopian Empire which became Italian Ethiopia (...) | |
| 6 | Horn of Africa ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 654 Lat/Lng : 9.0 / 48.0 | The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in East Africa that juts into the Guardafui Channel, lying along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden and the southwest Red Sea. The area is the easternmost projection of the African continent (...) | |
| 7 | Jijiga ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1662 Lat/Lng : 9.35 / 42.79 | Jijiga is a city in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It became the capital of the Somali Regional State in 1995 after it was moved from Godey . Located in the Faafan zone with 60 km (37 mi) west of the border with Somalia, the city has an elevation of 1,609 metres above sea level (...) | |
| 8 | Battle of Adwa ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1911 Lat/Lng : 14.0189 / 38.9733 | The Battle of Adwa (Amharic: አድዋ; Amharic translated: Adowa, or sometimes by the Italian name Adua) was fought on 1 March 1896 between the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy near the town of Adwa, Ethiopia, in Tigray (...) | |
| 9 | Ethiopian Premier League ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1716 Lat/Lng : 7.6667 / 36.8333 | The Ethiopian Premier League (Amharic:የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪምየር ሊግ) is the top association football division in Ethiopia. Regulated by the Ethiopian Football Federation, it was created in 1997 (1990 E.C.) replacing the former first division (est.1944) (...) | |
| 10 | Gelemso ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1795 Lat/Lng : 8.8167 / 40.5167 | Gelemso (Ge'ez ገለምሶ) is a town in eastern Ethiopia, in the western periphery of the highly networked mountain chain referred to by the natives as Fugug but by geographers as the Ahmar Mountains. The marvelous networking of the Fugug Mountains and the ethnography of the indigenous Oromo of Harerghe (...) | |
| 11 | Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2427 Lat/Lng : 9.0305 / 38.7489 | The Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Ababa, officially the Metropolitan sui iuris Archeparchy of Addis Ababa is the metropolitan see of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, a sui iuris metropolitan Eastern Catholic Church (...) | |
| 12 | Bishoftu ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1916 Lat/Lng : 8.75 / 38.9833 | Bishoftu (Amharic: ቢሾፍቱ) is a town and separate woreda of Ethiopia, lying south east of Addis Ababa. It was formerly known as Debre-Zeit (Amharic:) however since the late 1990s it has been officially known by the Oromo name, Bishoftu, which was its name until 1955 (...) | |
| 13 | Awash, Ethiopia ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 917 Lat/Lng : 8.9833 / 40.1667 | Awash is a market town in central Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 3 of the Afar Region, above a gorge on the Awash River, after which the town is named,Philip Briggs praises this gorge, noting "the drama of which is accentuated by a row of low volcanic hills above the opposite cliff (...) | |
| 14 | Shashamane ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1938 Lat/Lng : 7.1967 / 38.5961 | Shashamane (or Shashemene, Oromo) is a town and a separate woreda in West Arsi Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. The town lies on the Trans-African Highway 4 Cairo-Cape Town, about from the capital of Addis Ababa. It has a latitude of 7° 12' north and a longitude of 38° 36' east (...) | |
| 15 | National Bank of Ethiopia ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2368 Lat/Lng : 9.0173 / 38.7505 | The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) is the central bank of Ethiopia. Its headquarters are in the capital city of Addis Ababa. Teklewold Atnafu is the current governor of the bank. The bank is active in promoting financial inclusion policy and is a member of the . (...) | |
| 16 | Tiya (archaeological site) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2305 Lat/Lng : 8.4349 / 38.6121 | Tiya is an archaeological site in central Ethiopia. It is located in the Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region south of Addis Ababa. (...) | |
| 17 | Harar Meda Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 1883 Lat/Lng : 8.7151 / 39.0064 | Harar Meda Airport (Ha'rar Me'da: ሀረር ሜዳ) is an airport in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. It serves as the main base for the Ethiopian Air Force. (...) | |
| 18 | Kundudo ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 2944 Lat/Lng : 9.4372 / 42.3411 | Kundudo or Kondudo (rarely spelt as Qundudo) is a flat top mountain (or amba) in the Misraq (Eastern) Hararghe Zone of the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Part of the range that bears its name, its summit lies east of the walled city of Harar, with a height of nearly (...) | |
| 19 | Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2383 Lat/Lng : 9.0251 / 38.7544 | Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital (also known as "AAFH" and "Hamlin Fistula Hospital") and its regional Hamlin Fistula Centres provide comprehensive care for women who suffer from incontinence, physical impairment, shame and marginalisation as a result of an obstetric fistula (...) | |
| 20 | Aliyu Amba ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1775 Lat/Lng : 9.5441 / 39.8023 | Aliyu Amba is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1805 meters above sea level. Charles Johnston, who passed through this settlement 31 May 1841, described it as "perched upon a flat-topped (...) | |
| 21 | Sheikh Hussein ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1477 Lat/Lng : 7.75 / 40.7 | __NOTOC__ Sheikh Hussein is a town in south-eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Bale Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a longitude and latitude of with an elevation of 1386 meters above sea level. The Central Statistical Agency has not published an estimate for this town's 2005 population. (...) | |
| 22 | Erer ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1078 Lat/Lng : 9.5667 / 41.3833 | Erer is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Shinile Zone of the Somali Region, it is located 51km east of Shinile. It is the administrative center of Erer woreda. (...) | |
| 23 | Bilo ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2426 Lat/Lng : 8.6667 / 37.5833 | Bilo, formerly spelled Billo and Billò,"" in the Encyclopædia Britannica", 11th ed., Vol. 1. 1911. is a town in central Ethiopia. It is located in the Misraq (East) Welega Zone of the Oromia Region at an elevation of above sea level (...) | |