jinka
Jinka is a market town in southern Ethiopia, located in the hills north of the Tama Plains and close to Mago National Park. The extremely remote Mago National Park is located on the eastern bank of the River Omo. It is home to the wildest and most magnificent scenery in Ethiopia and boasts an abundance of wildlife. Other major attractions of this area are the local tribes, including the Mursi Tribe, famous for piercing their lower lips and inserting disks made of clay.
Jinka is a market town in southern Ethiopia, located in the hills north of the Tama Plains. The town is roughly 40 kilometres north of Mago National Park, which is situated on the Omo River. Jinka is the capital of the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region and is a major tourist destination for being the only practical base for visiting the Mursi villiages. Jinka has a population of over 25,000 residents and has an oceanic climate with an average annual temperature of 25°C.
