Kitob District "Gyps fulvus", "Aegypius monachus", "Aquila chrysaetos" and "Gypaetus barbatus". Animals include "Hystrix leucura"(Indian crested porcupine), "Canis lupus"(Grey wolf), "Vulpes vulpes" (Red fox), "Ursus arctos isabellinus" (Himalayan brown bear), "Martes foina" (Stone Marten), "Meles meles" (European badger) and "Sus scrofa"(wild boar). Kitob District Kitob District (Uzbek: Kitob tumani) is a district of Qashqadaryo Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Kitab. The district is mainly located on the southern slopes of the Zarafshan Range. The population of the district is overwhelming Tajik, with the Kitob town being almost entirely inhabited by that ethnic group. In 1979, the Kitab Zapovednik (Geological) reserve
Premiership of Meles Zenawi in February 2007. Including the new Axum University, 12 new universities are starting operation in 2007 Other fairly new universities like Dilla University in the Gedeo Zone SNNP region launched new facilities, expanded laboratories for research, and initiated new post-graduate studies. In the last decade, more than 30 new private colleges & universities have been created, including Unity College. The University Capacity Building Program (UCBP) is a leading project in this sector. Ethiopian agriculture is predominantly rain-fed subsistence agriculture, troubled by recurrent droughts. After Meles came to power in 1991, there were three major droughts in 1999/2000, 2002/2003 and 2009/2010.