• Ethiopia is a country which is found in the Horn of Africa. She also bordered by countries like Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
Ethiopias location on map
• Ethiopia’s capital city is Addis Ababa. It is found in center of Ethiopia. It is a very developed and beautiful city among most of African cities.
• Ethiopia has around 120 million peoples and have 1,104,300km² area. That makes her the third place in African population. Ethiopia is also known by her multi-cultural diversity. There are more than 82 societies living in Ethiopia.
• Ethiopia has 12 regions and 2 city Administrations
Ethiopian regions
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Regions of Ethiopia
Area(km²)
1.
Tigray
50,000
2.
Amhara
~170,000
3.
Oromia
~353,000
4.
Benishangul Gumuz
50,000
5.
Gambela
~25,000
6.
Harari
~3,000
7.
Somali
~350,000
8.
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (old SNNPR)
~110,000
9.
Affar
~100,000
10.
Sidama
~12,000
11.
South West Ethiopia Peoples
~40,000
12.
Central Ethiopia
~30,000
Administrations cities
no
Administrations cities
Area(km²)
1.
Addis Ababa
~527
2.
Adama
~29
• Ethiopia’sofficial working language is Amharic. There are also several languages that are used by most of the people like Afan Oromo, Tigrigna, etc. English is also used in some places.
• Ethiopia is one of the oldest nations in the world. She is also famous for never being colonized. That makes her the first country that defeated the whites in the Battle of ADAWA . She is also famous for ancient civilizations such as the Kingdom of Aksum, Lalibela Church, Fasilides Castle, Gada system, etc...
Historical places...
• Ethiopia is also known as the source of humanity. This means the first human fossil was found in Ethiopia, which existed about 3.2 million years ago. She is called Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy) (1974). • Ethiopia is also known for culture and traditions. There are a lot of big religions like Islam, Orthodox Christianity, Protestants. Ethiopia also has amazing festivals like Timket, Eid Al-Fitr, Genna, Irrecha, etc...
• Ethiopia is also known for coffee culture because she is the birthplace of coffee. This coffee culture makes Ethiopian people socially active where people gather, talk, and bond. She is also known for her famous and delicious foods like doro wat, injera, kitfo, genfo, etc...
foods...
• Ethiopian clothing and music (dance) culture is very beautiful and entertaining.
• Right now Ethiopian country economy is growing at a high rate. After several years, Ethiopia’s economy was mainly based on agriculture only, but now thanks to Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed, different industries are expanding in Ethiopia. This makes most Ethiopian people employed.
• Ethiopia has a very unique calendar which has 13 months. She also has her own alphabet called Ge’ez script, which is used for Amharic and Tigrigna languages.
• In Ethiopia there is also the Blue Nile River (Abbay) which starts from Lake Tana and flows to Sudan. This river is used for the production of electricity in Ethiopia by building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). She is also known for different lakes like Tana, Wabe Shebelle, Awash, etc...
Geographically, Ethiopia has high mountains, plateaus, and the Great Rift Valley running through it. Examples are Simen mountain, Bale mountain, Tullu Dimtu mountain, etc...
• Ethiopia is also known for her brave athletes around the world, especially in long-distance running like marathon and Olympic races. She has well-known athletes like Haile Gebreselassie, Derartu Tulu, Kenenisa Bekele, Almaz Ayana, etc... They bring honor to Ethiopia every year.
Athelates...
• She also has a lot of endemic animals that found only in Ethiopia such as Walia Ibex,Red fox,Chilada Baboon,
