Jinka, Market town in Debub Omo Zone, Ethiopia.
The administrative center stands at 1490 meters elevation in southern Ethiopia, near the borders of Sudan and Kenya in the Tama Plains hills.
The town developed from a regional trading post into the capital of the Ari Zone, gaining its first 24-hour electricity service in 2009.
The German-funded South Omo Research Center and Museum presents exhibits about sixteen different indigenous ethnic groups, including the Ari, Banna, and Hamar people.
Saturday markets bring together merchants selling local products, while the town provides banking services, medical facilities, and accommodations for regional travelers.
The surrounding region houses the Mursi people, who maintain their traditions through body modifications, and the dense acacia forests of Mago National Park.
Location: Ari Zone
Elevation above the sea: 1,401 m
GPS coordinates: 5.78333,36.56667
Latest update: June 17, 2025 18:51
Ethiopia offers photographers a range of subjects from medieval architecture to geologically active zones. In the north, Lalibela features eleven churches carved from solid tuff rock during the 12th and 13th centuries, while Axum holds obelisks from the Aksumite Empire that flourished from the 1st to 10th centuries. The Gheralta region of Tigray contains dozens of churches built into cliff faces, accessible via steep trails.The landscape extends from the peaks of the Simien Mountains, rising above 15,000 feet (4,500 meters), to the Danakil Depression, one of the lowest and hottest places on Earth. Bale Mountains National Park supports Ethiopian wolves in afroalpine moorlands, while Awash National Park features acacia woodlands and hot springs. The walled city of Harar Jugol, with its 368 lanes and 82 mosques dating from the 16th century, displays Islamic architecture. The monasteries on Lake Tana islands hold manuscripts from the 14th to 18th centuries, and in Gondar, Fasil Ghebbi documents Ethiopian rule through its 17th and 18th century palaces and churches.
Lomekwi
223.1 km
Sidama Region
235.5 km
Southwest Ethiopia Regional State
132.6 km
Omo River
293.6 km
Koobi Fora
208.6 km
Nechisar National Park
116 km
Abijatta-Shalla National Park
286.7 km
Central Island
260.6 km
Mago National Park
46.2 km
Boma National Park
303.9 km
Sibiloi National Park
204.4 km
Lothagam North Pillar Site
276.1 km
Namoratunga
276.1 km
Lower Valley of the Omo
49 km
Chebera Churchura National Park
121.4 km
Yabelo Wildlife Sanctuary
226.6 km
Senkelle Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary
249.9 km
The Gedeo Cultural Landscape
244.3 km
O'a Caldera
291.2 km
Lapurr Sandstone
185.7 km
Karsa, Kenya
290.1 km
Awassa Kenema Stadium
253.5 km
Vale Inferior do Omo
128 km
Konso Cultural Landscape
117.6 km
Corbetti
258.4 km
Atalochulo
148.3 km
Donyiro Cliff
143.8 kmReviews
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