Ethiopia
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ye-Ītyōṗṗyā Fēdēralāwī Dīmōkrāsīyāwī
Rīpeblīk
Flag
Coat of arms
Anthem: Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat
Ityopp’ya
"March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia".
Capital
(and largest city)
Addis Ababa
9°01′N 38°44′E / 9.017°N
38.733°E / 9.017; 38.733
Official
languages
Amharic
Recognised
regional languages
Other languages official
amongst the different
ethnicities and their
respective regions.
Ethnic groups
Oromo 36.62%, Amhara
24.91%, Somali 6.20%,
Tigray 6.07%;[1][2] the
remaining percent are
other ethnic groups.
Demonym
Ethiopian
Government
Federal Parliamentary
republic1
-
President
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
-
Prime
Minister
Meles Zenawi
Establishment
c. 10th century BC
-
Traditional
date
980 BC
-
Kingdom of
Dʿmt
8th century BC
-
Kingdom of
Aksum
c. 4th century BC
-
independent
Abyssinia
1137
-
Constitution
1987
-
Democratic
Republic
1991
Area
-
Total
1,104,300 km2 (27th)
426,371 sq mi
- Water (%)
0.7
Population
-
2008 estimate
84,500,000 (15th²)
-
1994 census
53,477,265
-
Density
70/km2 (123rd)
181/sq mi
GDP (PPP)
2008 estimate
-
Total
$70.995 billion[3]
-
Per capita
$896[3]
GDP (nominal)
2008 estimate
-
Total
$25.658 billion[3]
-
Per capita
$324[3]
Gini (1999–00)
30 (medium)
HDI (2008)
▲ 0.389 (low) (169th)
Currency
Birr (ETB)
Time zone
EAT (UTC+3)
-
Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3)
Drives on the
right
Internet TLD
.et
Calling code
251
1
According to The Economist in its
Democracy Index, Ethiopia is a "hybrid
regime", with a dominant-party system led
by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary
Democratic Front.
2 Rank based on 2005 population estimate by
the United Nations.
Ethiopia
(IPA: /ˌiːθiːˈoʊpiə/)
(Ge’ez:
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ʾĪtyōṗṗyā) , officially the Federal Democrat-
ic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked
country situated in the Horn of Africa.
Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north,
Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south,
Somalia to the