Mount Entoto overlooks the city of Addis Ababa. Mount Entoto is part of the Entoto mountain chain, reaching 3,200 m above sea level. average temperature and precipitations per month Addis Ababa (Amharic አዲስ አበባ, new flower) is the capital of Ethiopia. ...
The inspiration for the Entoto Foundation comes from the case of a young Ethiopian, Matthewos Kebede.
Rising to an altitude of over 10,000 feet on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, MountEntoto is the ultimate training ground for Ethiopia’s great distance runners. Numerous Olympic medals and world championships have been earned in the thin air of MountEntoto’s rugged trails
The inspiration for the Entoto Foundation comes from the case of a young Ethiopian, Matthewos Kebede. As a young boy, Matthewos suffered an illness that left his heart severely damaged.
Addis Ababa at between 2300 - 2500 meters is the third highest capital in the world and Entoto is several hundred meters higher - as we drive up the hill there is an appreciable drop in temperature and the air is filled with the scent of the Eucalyptus trees which line the road.
Entoto was soon abandoned as a site for the capital - it was cold, difficult to provision and there was a shortage of wood.
It was in the church of Mariam that Menelik was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in 1889, and in the small museum in the compound there are various clothes, court and household implements and weapons dating from the period.
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