Sheger Park (
Amharic
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: ሸገር ፓርክ), also known as Friendship Park, is the biggest
urban park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and oth ...
in
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...
,
Ethiopia
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. The park is right next to
Unity Park (which houses a zoo, and historical archives). Unity Park was opened by
Prime Minister
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Abiy Ahmed
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with foreign heads of state and government such as
the president of Uganda,
the president of Kenya,
the president of Somalia, and
the prime minister of Sudan.) Sheger Park was opened on 10 September 2020, in the presence of high-level Ethiopian government ministers, the president, the prime minister and the first lady.
Park
The park is located in the political center of
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...
where government offices as the Prime Minister and parliament are next to and close by. The park has an artificial lake, a square to gather and also water fountain lights at nighttime. It also contains lots of flowers with diverse species of flora. The project has helped Addis Ababa to become greener, which has enabled the city to enter Bloomberg's 2022 "Best Climate Projects" in C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards.
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References
Parks in Africa