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Bookmark & shareOf the 5 million people who live here, 3 million have arrived since the 1991 revolution. Founded in 1887, the city was almost abandoned due to lack of fuel until eucalypts were introduced to the area. A huge, sprawling place, it has very few street signs beyond the main strip, Churchill Ave.
Fast Facts
Electrical Plugs
220V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromo
Essential: Arabic
Country Dialing Code
+251
Weights & Measures
Metric
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