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Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974, a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refuge....
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Population 74,777,981
Culture Ethiopian
Religion Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%
Famous For National Museum, Merkato
Best Travel Time September to April
Highest Point Ras Dejen 4,620 m
Lowest Point Denakil Depression -125 m
Capital City Addis Ababa
Independence Day oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years
Language Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools)
Total Area 1,127,127 sq km (slightly less than twice the size of Texas)
Water Area 7,444 sq km
Currency birr (ETB)
Export coffee, qat, gold, leather products, live animals, oilseeds
Import food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles

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» The golden days of air travel: How glorious were they?
The crowds cheered as the pilots and flight attendants of Delta Flight 295 cut a ceremonial red ribbon before the television cameras.

» Air travel for the holiday weekend down from last year
AAA says there are more people traveling this holiday than last year, but the number traveling by air is down from a year ago. Two and a half million will take a plane to a vacation spot, whereas 2.7 million took that option in 2011.

» Air travel a little easier now for elderly passengers
Starting Friday, the TSA will allow passengers born in or before 1937 to leave their light jacket and shoes on while passing through the security checkpoint.

» First Person: Air Travel Is Expensive, But We're Making it Work
My family and I do not fly on a regular basis, but we have taken a few vacations. Flying is a challenge for our family budget, but it can also be a logistic hassle. As noted by this article, families may find themselves in a position where they are spending a lot of money but also sitting in separate seats. Over the years, I have tried to keep the costs down, and attempted to keep the family ...

» Airline ends kids' coach preboarding
As families prepare for air travel this coming Memorial Day weekend, United Airlines won't be offering early boarding to families in coach with small children.

» Consumer Alert: Avoid air travel headaches
With the school year drawing to a close and summer fast approaching, Arkansans are making vacation plans that may include air travel.

» Air travel exacts deadly price for hill access
Air travel is a crucial means of transport in mountainous Nepal, but planes have to negotiate steep terrain and land at difficult airports, and the country has seen five fatal crashes in the last two years.

» A.M. roundup: Weather, gas prices, air travel
There will be more sun than clouds this morning and afternoon. It will be partly cloudy this evening, then mainly cloudy with a shower or thunderstorm overnight. a href/weather targetnewbClick here to check out the radar/b/aBR

» Air travel innovations the Doc would like to see
BEEPING plane seats, drinkable coffee and orderly exit procedures - Doc Holiday reveals the travel innovations he'd like to see.

» Indian air travel thrown into chaos over pilots' strike
Air travel has been thrown into chaos in India as a weeklong strike escalated with 350 Air India pilots calling in sick.

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