- 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
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