Ethiopia

Ethiopia

sovereign state, country, landlocked country

Part of	East Africa
Year dem found am	21 August 1995
Official name	la République démocratique fédérale d’Éthiopie
Native label	የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ, Federaalawaa Dimokraatawaa Repabliikii Itoophiyaa, ናይኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ
Short name	🇪🇹
IPA transcription	ɛtɪˈuːpɪɑ
Official language	Amharic
Anthem	March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia
Culture	culture of Ethiopia
Motto text	Land of origins, Gwlad y tarddu
Continent	Africa
Country	Ethiopia
Capital	Addis Ababa
Located in time zone	UTC+03:00, East Africa Time, Africa/Asmara
Located in/on physical feature	East Africa
Coordinate location	9°0′0″N 40°0′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	8°0′4″N 48°0′3″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	14°52′48″N 37°54′0″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	3°24′14″N 39°33′9″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	7°56′41″N 32°59′53″E
Highest point	Ras Dashen
Lowest point	Danakil Depression
Government ein basic form	federal republic
Office held by head of state	President of Ethiopia
State ein head	Taye Atske Selassie
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Government ein head	Abiy Ahmed Ali
Executive body	Government of Ethiopia
Legislative body	Federal Parliamentary Assembly
Central bank	National Bank of Ethiopia
Currency	bir
Driving side	right
Hashtag	Ethiopia
Top-level Internet domain	.et
Flag	Flag of Ethiopia
Coat of arms	Emblem of Ethiopia
Geography of topic	geography of Ethiopia
Get characteristic	not-free country
History of topic	history of Ethiopia
Patron saint	Saint George
Economy of topic	economy of Ethiopia
Demographics of topic	demographics of Ethiopia
Mobile country code	636
Country calling code	+251
Trunk prefix	0
Emergency phone number	911, 907, 939, 991
Licence plate code	ETH
Maritime identification digits	624
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Ethiopia

Ethiopia, alias Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, be landlocked country. Edey Africa ein horn insyd. Ein den Eritrea dey share border for north, den plus Djibouti for northeast, Somalia for de east den northeast, Kenya for de south, South Sudan for de west, den Sudan for de northwest. Ethiopia dey cover land area of 1,112,000 square kilometres (472,000 sq. miles). As of 2023, ebe home to around 128 million inhabitants, wey dey make am de 13th-most populous country for de world insyd, de 2nd-most populous insyd Africa after Nigeria, den de most populated landlocked country for Earth top. De national capital den largest city, Addis Ababa, dey lie several kilometres west of de East African Rift wey dey split de country into de African den Somali tectonic plates.

Ethiopia be multi-ethnic state plus ova 80 different ethnic groups. Christianity be de most widely faith dem profess insyd de country, plus significant minorities of de adherents of Islam den small percentage to traditional faiths. Dis sovereign state be founding member of de UN, de Group of 24, de Non-Aligned Movement, de Group of 77, den de Organisation of African Unity. Addis Ababa be de headquarters of de African Union, de Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, de United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, de African Standby Force den chaw of de global non-governmental organizations wey dey focus for Africa top. Ethiopia cam turn full member of BRICS insyd 2024.

Government den politics

Administrative divisions

Ethiopia be administratively divided go four levels: regions, zones, woredas (districts) den kebele (wards). De country dey comprise 12 regions den two city administrations under dese regions, plenty of zones, woredas den neighbourhood administration: kebeles. De two federal-level city administrations be Addis Ababa den Dire Dawa.

Map of regions den zones of Ethiopia

Demographics

Ethnic groups insyd Ethiopia
Ethnic group		Population
Oromo		25.4 (34.4%)
Amhara		19.9 (27.0%)
Somali		4.59 (6.2%)
Tigrayans		4.49 (6.1%)
Sidama		2.95 (4.0%)
Gurage		1.86 (2.5%)
Welayta		1.68 (2.3%)
Afar		1.28 (1.7%)
Hadiya		1.27 (1.7%)
Gamo		1.10 (1.5%)
Others		9.30 (12.6%)
Population insyd millions according to 2007 Census

Urbanization

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Ethiopia CSA (Urban population projection values of 2016)
Rank	Name	Region	Pop.	Rank	Name	Region	Pop.
1	Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa	3,352,000	11	Shashamane	Oromia	154,587
2	Gondar	Amhara	341,991	12	Bishoftu	Oromia	153,847
3	Mek'ele	Tigray	340,858	13	Sodo	SNNPR	253,322
4	Adama	Oromia	338,940	14	Arba Minch	SNNPR	151,013
5	Hawassa	SNNPR	318,618	15	Hosaena	SNNPR	141,352
6	Bahir Dar	Amhara	297,794	16	Harar	Harari	133,000
7	Dire Dawa	Dire Dawa	285,000	17	Dila	SNNPR	119,276
8	Dessie	Amhara	198,428	18	Nekemte	Oromia	115,741
9	Jimma	Oromia	186,148	19	Debre Birhan	Amhara	107,827
10	Jijiga	Somali	164,321	20	Asella	Oromia	103,522

Read further

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• Deguefé, Taffara (2006). Minutes of an Ethiopian Century, Shama Books, Addis Ababa, ISBN 99944-0-003-7.
• Hugues Fontaine, Un Train en Afrique. African Train, Centre Français des Études Éthiopiennes / Shama Books. Édition bilingue français / anglais. Traduction : Yves-Marie Stranger. Postface : Jean-Christophe Belliard. Avec des photographies de Matthieu Germain Lambert et Pierre Javelot. Addis Abeba, 2012, ISBN 978-99944-867-1-7. English den French. UN TRAIN EN AFRIQUE
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• Siegbert Uhlig, et al. (eds.) (2003). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Vol. 1: A–C. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
• Siegbert Uhlig, et al. (eds.) (2005). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Vol. 2: D–Ha. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
• Siegbert Uhlig, et al. (eds.) (2007). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Vol. 3: He–N. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
• Siegbert Uhlig & Alessandro Bausi, et al. (eds.) (2010). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Vol. 4: O–X. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
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• Dis article dey incorporate text from dis source, wich edey insyd de public domain. Country Studies. Federal Research Division.
• Dis article dey incorporate public domain material from The World Factbook. CIA.

External links

Ethiopia at Wikipedia ein sisto projects

• Definitions from Wiktionary
• Media from Commons
• News from Wikinews
• Quotations from Wikiquote
• Texts from Wikisource
• Textbooks from Wikibooks
• Travel information from Wikivoyage

Scholia get topic profile give Ethiopia.

• Ethiopia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• BBC Ethiopia Profile
• World Bank Ethiopia Summary Trade Statistics
• Ethiopia at Curlie
• Key Development Forecasts for Ethiopia from International Futures.
• Ethiopia pages – U.S. Dept. of State (wich dey include current State Dept. press releases den reports for Ethiopia top)