Ethiopia Facts:
Official
name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Size: about
twice the size of Texas
Capital:
Addis Ababa
Climate: Moderate
in highlands; hot and dry in lowlands
Languages:
Amharic, Arabic, English, Oromigna, Tirigna, others
Currency:
Birr ($1 USD = 18.50 Br as of March 28, 2013)
Products:
Coffee, cereals, sugarcane, oilseeds, honey
Ethiopia Facts for
Children:
School:
- Because much of Ethiopia is rural, kids
who attend school may have to walk several miles each way.
- Unlike in most African nations, school in
Ethiopia is free. However, many kids work to help support their families.
Less than half are still enrolled by grade 5.
Play:
- Gebeta, a game of strategy, has been popular for hundreds of years.
It is played using seeds or pebbles and a board with rows of cups.
- Many kids learn the lively and
irresistible eskista dance, which is performed almost entirely with
the shoulders. Soccer is the most popular sport.
Family:
- Most families live in rural areas. It is
common for an extended family to live in a cluster of houses and farm
together.
- Traditionally, parents and children do
not share a last name. Most kids take their father’s first name as their
last name.
Favorite
foods:
- Injera, a pancake-like bread that is used to
scoop up spicy dishes such as doro wat (chicken stew) and mesir wat
(lentil stew).
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