Question | Answer |
increase of urban population in Ethiopia | 12-15% in 1o years (1990s) |
primate city in ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
population of Addis Ababa | 2.8million 9more than ten times larger than the second city) |
when was Addis Ababa founded? | 1896 |
when/ where was railway built? | Addis to Djibouti in 1917 (gave city a link with coast) |
what established the primacy of Addis Ababa | royal family residence established in city (made seat of political power), foccus foreign investment, railway gave city a link to coast |
more recently, what has intensified Addis Ababa's primacy? | natural icnrease, large volumes of in-migration, growth of international tourism, secratoriat of OAU and UNECA |
what caused increase in in-migration | natrual disaster, famines and uncertainties about rural land tenure. population almost doubled (1984-2004) |
summarise characteristics of country moving through first stages of urbanisation | link between development and urbanisation, importance of rural-urban migration, debilitating impact of primacy on other towns and cities, the prevailing stength of teh forces of centralisation |
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