The Gurage are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia. They inhabit the Gurage Zone and East Gurage Zone, a fertile, semi-mountainous region in Central Ethiopia Regional State, about 125 kilometers southwest of Addis Ababa, bordering the Awash River in the north, the Gibe River, a tributary of the Omo River, to the southwest, and Hora-Dambal in the east.
A Gurage boy ploughing in Gurage Zone
Gurage artist Mahmoud Ahmed
A Gurage teenager picking potatoes on one of the Ethiopian highlands
Addis Ababa is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. In the 2007 census, the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. Addis Ababa is a highly developed and important cultural, artistic, financial and administrative centre of Ethiopia.
Image: Addis in night
Image: Addis View
Image: Holy Trinity Cathedral Church (cropped)
Image: Addis Ababa Light Rail vehicle, March 2015