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In the past the salt blocks were used throughout Ethiopia as money. Although hard cash has replaced the salt, the trade itself remains the main livelihood of the northern Afar people.
Danakil Depression
January 1st 2016 The Danakil, a place of dry sands and even drier gravel beds, rocky lava flows, active volcanoes, burning salt flats, temperatures that often top 120°F, winds that choke you with dust, and suffocating days of no wind at all.
Cruellest Place on Earth: Africa's Danakil Desert, National Geographic, October 2005
Near the southern end of the Red Sea an immense depression, known as the Danakil Depress
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Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (wh... ... read more COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom