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ADIS ABABA (" the new flower ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 193 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ADIS ABABA (" the new See also:

flower ")  , the See also:capital of See also:Abyssinia and of the See also:kingdom of See also:Shoa, in 9° 1' N., 38° 56' E., 220 M . W. by S. of See also:Harrar, and about 450 M . S.W. of See also:Jibuti on the Gulf of See also:Aden . Adis Ababa stands on the See also:southern slopes of the Entotto range, at an See also:altitude of over 8000 ft., on See also:bare, grassy undulations, watered by small streams flowing S.S.E. to the Hawash . It is a large straggling encampment rather than a See also:town, with few buildings of any architectural merit . The Gebi or royal enclosure completely covers a small See also:hill overlooking the whole See also:neighbour-See also:hood, while around it are the enclosures of the abuna and See also:principal nobles, and the residences of the See also:foreign ministers . The principal traders are Armenians and See also:Hindus . About a mile See also:north-See also:east of the See also:palace is the military See also:camp . On the hills some five See also:miles to the north, 1 500 ft. above the camp, are the ruins of an old fortress, and the churches of St Raguel and St Mariam . The town is in telegraphic communication with See also:Massawa, Harrar and Jibuti . It was founded by Menelek II. in 1892 as the capital of his See also:king- I . 7LITANT 193 dom in See also:succession to Entotto, a deserted See also:settlement some ten or twelve miles north of Adis Ababa .

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