ETHIOPIA VISAS
Apart from kenyan nationals, all visitors to Ethiopia are required to have an entry visa with a 6 month valid passport.

LOCATION
Ethiopia is located in the eastern africa west of somali,south of eritrea,north of kenya, east of north and south soudan and west of dijboutie.

AREA
Ethiopia has a total area of 1,127,127 square kilometers.

CLIMATE
Ethiopia has two main climate seasons the dry season stretches from october-may and rainy season from june to september.

TOPOGRAPHY
march of ethiopian landmass is part of east african rift valley with a general elevation ranging from 1500 to 3000 meters above sea level with several mountains exceeding 4000.

LANGUAGE
Ethiopia is a mulit-ethnic with 83 languages and more than 200 dialects. the main lanuguages are amharic, oromigna & tigrigna. english is also widely used.

CALENDAR
Ethiopia is in GMT+3 time zone. it follows a julian calendar which consists of 12 months having 30 days each and the 13th month with 5 dyas(6 in leap year).

MONEY MATTERS
Birr is the local money of ethiopia.

ELECTRICITY
220 voltc AC, 50 Hz, Europian style plugs with two or three round pins in a line are used.