African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 19 November 2020 at 07:42:21 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Urban, city planning, infrastructures, land, plateau, Great rift Valley, Great African Rift, Ethiopia
Fig. 1 - S2 (19.11.2020) - Most of Ethiopia lies on a high plateau.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (19.11.2020) - The Great African Rift divides Ethiopia in two between the Nubian Plate and the Somali Plate.
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The Ethipian capital, Addis Ababa, lies at the centre of the country next to the rift, between 2300m and 2600m high.
Fig. 3 - S2 (19.11.2020) - Addis Ababa was founded in 1886, it is now a city of ~3 millions inhabitants.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (19.11.2020) - It is often referred to as "the political capital of Africa", it hosts the headquarters of the African Union since 1963.
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