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Welcome to usafricatours.com. This is a website created to facilitate travel and tours to the mystic nation Ethiopia. Please learn about this historic nation and its many wonders by browsing this website. If you plan to make a trip to Ethiopia or learn more about what it can offer, please contact us by email. We will help you to:
* Learn more about Ethiopia and several of its tourist sites
* Select suitable & affordable tour packages from partner domestic tour operator
* Have all your reservations and tour arrangements done
Ethiopia is one of the oldest independent countries in the world with thousands of years of history. It is the second most populated nation in Africa and has a population of more than 91 million. It is located in what is known as the horn of Africa in the north-eastern part of the continent. Ethiopia is a home to more than 80 ethnic groups who have been harmoniously living together for centuries. National language of Ethiopia is Amharic with its own script. The nation uses its own calendar which has 12 months of 30 days and a 13th month of 5 or 6 days.
Ethiopia is one of the places believed to be the cradle of human kind. Several fossils of early hominids have been found in what is known as Afar region of Ethiopia. The most famous of these is the skeleton belonging to a hominid female who lived 3.2 million years ago. This fossil named Dinknesh (also known as Lucy) and other hominid remains are displayed at the Ethiopian National Museum in the Capital Addis Ababa. Visit Ethiopia and experience this mystic nation and its famously hospitable people.