Ethiopia

• Capital: Addis Ababa
• Major City: Diredawa
• Major Geographical Features
  • Blue Nile River
  • Lake Tana
  • Choke Mountains
  • Ethiopian Highlands
  • Shebele River
  • Lake Turkana
  • Great Rift Valley
• Official Name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  • Formerly: Abyssinia, Italian East Africa
• Religions:
  • Muslim (32.8%)
  • Ethiopian Orthodox (50.6%)
  • More on the Religions of Ethiopia
• Languages:
  • Amharic (32.7%)
  • Tigrinya (6.1%)
  • Oromigra (31.6%)
  • Guaragigna (3.5%)
  • Somali (6%)
  • Arabic
• 1930-1974: Haile Selassie modernizes Ethiopia
• 1936-1941: Italian occupation
• 1945: Ethiopia becomes a charter member of the United Nations
• 1974: Socialism established
• 1991: Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front takes power
• 1993: Ethiopia loses coastline with the independence of Eritrea
• Ethiopia has been established for over 2,000 years
  • It is the oldest independent nation in Africa and one of the oldest in the world
• Government: federal republic
• Currency: birr
• 2 Texases slightly larger than Ethiopia
• Literacy: 42.7%
• Climate: Highland
• Landlocked
• Exports
  • Coffee
  • Oil
  • Crude Materials