Ethiopia
Currency code:
Currency name:
Ethiopian birr
Country name:
Ethiopia
Capital:
Addis Ababa
Country code:
Continent:
Independent from:
oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years may be traced to the Aksumite Kingdom, which coalesced in the first century B.C.
Total area:
1,104,300
Land area:
1,000,000
Water area:
104,300
Population:
93,877,025
Population note:
93,877,025 (July 2013 est.)
Official language:
Amharic
All languages:
Oromigna (official regional) 33.8%, Amarigna (Amharic) (official) 29.3%, Somaligna 6.2%, Tigrigna (official regional) 5.9%, Sidamigna 4%, Wolayitigna 2.2%, Guaragigna 2%, Affarigna 1.7%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, Gamogna 1.5%, other 11.7%, English (official) (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (official) (1994 census)
Time zone:
EAT (UTC+3) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3)
Drive on:
Right
Calling code:
+251
Domain:
.et