Addis Ababa (also called Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa and Addis Ababa) is the capital and largest city in Ethiopia.
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Addis Ababa (in Amharic አዲስ አበባ, IPA: [adːiːs aβəβa], "new flower") is Ethiopia's capital and largest city with an estimated population as of 1 July 2006 of 2,973,000 inhabitants. As a multi-cultural city, it contains up to 80 different nationalities and languages, as well as Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities. It is located in the center of Ethiopia at an altitude of approximately 2440 metres.
Satellite photography of the cityThe city is the main commercial, cultural and manufacturing center in the country. It was founded in 1887 by then Emperor Menelik's wife, Taitu Bitul, on a warm spring day. Hence the meaning of the city's name, "new flower". It has been the capital of Ethiopia since 1889. Addis Ababa has been, since 1994, one of the two cities in Ethiopia with special status (astedader akabibi), the other being the city of Dire Dawa.
It is surrounded by mountains covered with eucalyptus forests. Nearby, one of the tributaries of the Blue Nile is born. Its interior situation forced them to look for a way out to sea: Thus was born the railway to Djibouti, with 728 km, and the road connection to the port of Maçuá (Eritrea) with almost 1,200 km. The accession to the throne of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1930 and subsequent works carried out by the Italians after conquering that territory, between 1936 - 1941, brought him relative prosperity.
Addis (as it is also known) is home to the headquarters of the African Union.
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