Facts about Ethiopia that people should know :

(1) Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa (East Africa) and was founded in 980 BC so one of the oldest nations in the world. Human life has been said to be originated from ethiopia. Lucy (a 3.2 million human fossil) was found in ethiopia.

(2) Ethiopia is the only African country to have never been colonised and beat the italians twice :)

(3) Ethiopia is the second largest country in Africa in terms of population (over 100 million)

(4) Official language of Ethiopia is Amharic but have over 80 languages

(5) Ethiopia is the only country to have their own alphabet (Ge’ez)

(6) Ethiopia have a complete different calendar; they are seven years behind

(7) Coffee (Buna) was discovered in Ethiopia and is the largest producer of coffee in Africa

(8) Abebe Bikila was the first African to win the olompic gold medal in 1960. He won the race bare foot. He won again 4 years later in Tokyo and became the first person ever to win a race twice setting a world record!

(9) Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II was the first person in Africa to drive a car in 1907. (the car is in Unity Park, Addis Ababa)

(10) Ethiopia was the second country in the whole world to own its own airline making it the largest airlines in Africa

(11) Ethiopia was the first country to accept Islam and I think this is amazing because today Christians, Muslims and Jews all live together peacefully in Africa

(12) Majority of the people in Ethiopia are Orthodox Christians. The Ethiopian orthodox church is the one of the oldest forms of Christianity in the world.

(13) A city in Ethiopia (Axum) actually holds the Ark of the Covenant (the ten commandments) that was given to Moses by God. *no one has the actual picture as it is not allowed to be seen*

(14) The rastafarian movement started in Ethiopia

(15) The Denakil Depression in ethiopia is actually the lowest point on earth (380 feet below sea level). Has a lava lake - one of the only lava lakes in the entire world making it the hottest place in the entire world

(16) the blue nile river starts in ethiopia, flows up to Sudan which joins with the white nile and then flows to Egypt

(17) Ethiopia was the birth place of pan-africanism which means a united Africa. This explains why a lot of African countries include the colours red,yellow,green in their flags which let to the African Union Head Quaters which is located in !!

(18) Ethiopian food (injera) is actually considered to be one of the most healthiest food with many vegetarian/vegan options ! If you are not habesha, I recommend you go try it! (craving injera now )

I think this is enough facts for today, hopefully this page becomes more popular as this could help educate more people and to share opinions with one another all in love & peace

One thing i admire about ethiopia is that we have deep love for one another & we can proudly claim that we are ethiopian! I think this is beautiful Ethiopia le zelalem tinur. God bless you