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Why is Ethiopia called barefoot country?
Because mobilizing barefoot to run out of the championship. According to the personal library, the first African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal was Abibi Kara from Ethiopia. The most legendary thing is that he ran the whole course barefoot, hence the name of Ethiopia's barefoot country. Ethiopia is located in the northeast of Africa, bordering Djibouti and Somalia in the east, Sudan and South Sudan in the west, Kenya in the south and Eritrea in the north. There are about 80 ethnic groups in China, with a land area of 1 103600 square kilometers, and its capital is Addis Ababa.