Ethiopia

By: Lara, Soroush, Ameena

Geography of the area

• -Ethiopia is the world's 27th-largest country, after Colombia.

• -The major part of Ethiopia lies on the horn of Africa.

• -Sudan to the west, Djibouti and Eritrea to the north, Somalia to the east, and Kenya to the south.

• -in the northeastern region of Africa

• Deforestation is a major concern for Ethiopia, loss of forest brings to loss of nutrients and loss of animal habitats.

Religion

• -The main religion in Ethiopia are Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Paganism.

• The majority of Ethiopians are Muslim.• Around 40% of Ethiopians are Muslims.• The Christians in Ethiopia were mostly Ethiopian

Orthodox Christians.• Some Ethiopians claim to have Jewish ancestors

who were forced to convert to Ethiopian Orthodox.• Many of those people are pursuing immigration to

Israel.

Culture• -The best known Ethiopian cooking consists of various vegetable or

meat side dishes.• -It is forbidden for Ethiopians to eat pork or shellfish• -They usually eat from the same big dish in the center of the table

with a group of people.• -Often, a woman will cover her head with a shash, a cloth that is tied

at the neck.• -Ethiopia's most popular sport is Athletics, in which they win many

medals for in the Olympic Games.• -The official language of Ethiopia is Amharic. This is spoken by

about 27 million people.• -Most Ethiopians are farmers and herders. But deforestation,

drought, and soil degradation have caused crop failures and famine during the past few decades; seven million people face starvation.

Culture

• -Traditional clothes in Ethiopia are made from traditional cloth called yahager lebs (clothes of the countryside), which is made of cotton and woven together in long stripes.

• -It takes about two to three weeks to make enough cloth for a dress.

• -Men wear pants and a knee-long shirt with a white collar, and a sweater. Men as well as women wear shawls.

• -Women's dresses are called habesha qemis. The dresses are usually white with some color on the bottom.

• -Bracelets and necklaces from silver and gold are worn on arms and feet to complete the look.

• -Often, a woman will cover her head with a shash, a cloth that is tied at the neck.

Natural Resources/Ethnic group

• Ethiopia has small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas

• Oromo 40%, Amhara and Tigre 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella 6%, Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1%

2 Significant Rulers

• Salomon III:• -He was the emperor of Ethiopia 1796-1797.• -He was part of Solomonic Dynasty ad did not rule for a very long time. • -Salomon was the son Tekle Haymanot.• -He was a rival of emperor Tekele Giyogris.• -Salomon was forced to flee Gondar, and took refuge in Axum.• Demetros:• -he ruled from 1799-1801.• -He was the son of Arqedewos.• -Emperor Demetros died by the time of Salts vist to northeren Ethiopia

in 1809/1810.• -Demetros was desposed in 1800 in favor of Tekele Giyogris and was

restored to the throne for a year after Tekele Giyogris disposal.

Who are the people

• There are about 76,511,880 people in Ethiopia

• About 2.7% of the people are ages 65% and above.