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Ethiopia is a country of northeastern Africa. Ethiopia's landscape is splendid, the people
are welcoming, the sense of history is tangible and you won't have to worry about crowds
of tourists. Ethiopia is just about the only country in Africa never to have been colonized,
and its people have a proud tradition of fighting for their independence. The pride
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Much of the fascination of Ethiopia lies in its myriad historical sites, the obelisks and stele
of Axum, the churches and coptic monasteries in the Tigre, in the Lake Tana isles and in
the Lalibela: the African Jerusalem with its monolithic churches. |
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In Ethiopia there are also nine national parks, two of which include the mountain groups of
the Simien and the Bale, while the others lie in the Rift Valley towards Kenya. The unforeseeable
wild landscapes are surely the main attraction of these parks, where many of the animal
species are protected, and some of them are endemic to the area. |
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The proximity of Ethiopia to the Equator and the variety of its habitats make it one of the
richest countries in Africa in wild bird life.
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