Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
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- Official name
- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ · Amharic
- Capital
- Addis Ababa
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 109 million
- Area
- 1,104,300 km²
- Currency
- Ethiopian birr (ETB)
- Neighbours
- Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan
- Internet / phone
- .et · +251
Where it is
Notable facts
- Ethiopia was never colonised, apart from a five-year Italian occupation from 1936.
- It uses its own calendar with 13 months and runs about seven to eight years behind the Gregorian calendar.
- Coffee originates in Ethiopia; the name is often linked to the Kaffa region.
- The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela were carved down into solid rock in the 12th–13th centuries.
World Heritage 12 sites
National dish
Doro watዶሮ ወጥ Chicken and hard-boiled egg stewed long in berbere and caramelised onion, eaten from shared injera.