ETHIOPIA
Official Name:
FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
ETHIOPIA
Country Profile Area: 1,127,127 sq km. Capital: Addis Ababa Population: 85,237,338 (CIA 2009 estimates) Language: Amharic (official), Oromigna, Tigrigna, Somaligna and other languages. Date of independence: N/A Currency: Birr (ETB) Religion: Christianity (Ethiopian Orthodox and others), Islam (minority). National Day: Defeat of Mengistu Regime; 28 May |
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
President of Ethiopia
Administrative Divisions:
2 self-governing administrations;
Adis Abeba (Addis Ababa), Dire Dawa
9 Ethnically based states; Afar, Amara (Amhara), Binshangul Gumuz, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela Peoples), Hareri Hizb (Harari People), Oromiya (Oromia), Sumale (Somali), Tigray, Ye Debub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples)
2 self-governing administrations;
Adis Abeba (Addis Ababa), Dire Dawa
9 Ethnically based states; Afar, Amara (Amhara), Binshangul Gumuz, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela Peoples), Hareri Hizb (Harari People), Oromiya (Oromia), Sumale (Somali), Tigray, Ye Debub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples)