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Addis Ababa

Capital of Ethiopia

Watercolour of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ddis Ababa as a large Ethiopian highland city spreading southward from the slopes of Entoto, with an uneven built-up plateau rather than a flat tropical coast. Featuring Entoto and St George’s Cathedral in Piazza.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Entoto; St George’s Cathedral in Piazza; Holy Trinity Cathedral in Arat Kilo; The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia headquarters; Show
Palette
Muted botanical green should predominate in the near Entoto vegetation and scattered city trees, with slate-grey and blue-grey roofs and buildings preserving the actual extent of the urban plateau.
Guarded against
Avoid making Addis Ababa look like a low, tropical Nairobi stereotype, an entirely Italian-colonial Asmara, or an arid Arabian desert capital.
Population3,860,000Wikidata: 3,384,569
Coordinates9.02°N, 38.75°E
Elevation2,355 m
Area527 km²
Time zoneAfrica/Addis_AbabaUTC+3
Solar noon12:25clock runs 0.4 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Addis Ababa and you surface nearest to Taiohae, French Polynesia — 127 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

DjiboutiDJ560 km
AsmaraER703 km
AdenYE804 km
JubaSS917 km
SanaaYE920 km
KhartoumSD992 km
Khartoum NorthSD1,000 km
OmdurmanSD1,003 km

Twinned cities

6 of 15 twinned cities are in this atlas. See the full network →

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