Ethiopian Millennium-Qatar
Ethiopian Millennium-Qatar
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Why and how to celebrate the Ethiopian Millennium in Qatar
View of Ethiopia
View of Ethiopia
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Welcome to Ethiopian Millennium-Qatar
This is the temporary website created to serve for Ethiopian Millennium (Sep 12 2007). The website is developed and will be updated by the committee established under Ethiopian Community in Qatar. The celebration and the commitment being made will have its own benefit with bringing all Ethiopian together within Qatar.
Ethiopia-Country Profile
Historical records justify that Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, with one of the longest recorded histories in the world. It has long been an intersection between the civilizations of North Africa, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa. Ethiopia is old, old beyond all imagination. As Abyssinia, its culture and tradition dates back over 3000 years and far older than that lived ‘Lucy’ or Dinkenesh meaning ‘thou art wonderful’, as she is known to Ethiopians, whose remains were found in a corner of the country of mystery and contrasts. Located within the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia covers an area of 1.2 million Square Kilo Meters. Ethiopia is the 7th largest country in Africa and it is as large as France and Spain together. Ethiopia’s geography is unique. Its magnificent landscape ranges from desert areas to forested highlands. At 4,620 meters, Mount Ras Dashen is the highest mountain in Ethiopia and the forth highest in Africa. Twenty mountains rise to more than 4,000 meters. The waters of the Abay river of Blue Nile feed Lake Tana and flow into the Nile and 86% of its water originates in Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s livestock wealth is the 1st in Africa and 9th in the world; however, its contribution to the national economy is very limited. The same is true to its mineral resources. Ethiopia is truly a land of contrasts and extremes; a land of remote and wild spaces. Some of the highest and most stunning places on the African continent are found in Ethiopia. Examples are: the jaggedly carved Semen Mountains, one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites and some of the lowest such as the hot but fascinating Danakil depression with its Sulphur fumaroles and Lunar- Like landscape. Ethiopia is home to the lion, leopard and cheetah, but too many other species as well. A short list would include the giraffe, elephant, rhinoceros, wild pig, warthog and various species of Ibex (including the rare Waliya), duiker, antelope, gazelle, zebra, buffalo, monkey, baboon, hyena, jackal and wolf. Some of these creatures exist in larger populations in neighboring countries like Kenya but Ethiopia probably boasts wilder mammal species than any other country in the world. Around 25 bird species are endemic to Ethiopia. The ostrich, one of Ethiopia’s 800 bird species, dwarfs many. Some of these mammal animals are also unique to Ethiopia. The countries plant life is equally diverse.
Ethiopian Calendar
Ethiopia uses the Julian calendar that divides the year into twelve months of thirty days each with the remaining five (or six days in a leap year) constituting the short 13th month of "Pagume". In Greek, Pagume means "additional". Ethiopia used a unique calendar and the New Year commences on the 11th September, 2007 or the 12th (in a leap year) of September every year.
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iujiui AaA ABDULHAMID ABDULLA MOB..+974-6520411,barder22@yahoo.com
NEBIYOU GEZAHGNE mob..+974-5523120, ebiyo@hotmail.com
YOSEF ABAY mob..+974 5747418, yosefabay@yahoo.com
“HAND-IN-HAND TOWARDS THE NEW MILLENNIUM, TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.”
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Ethiopian Millennium-Qatar
