 Ethiopia
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
8 00 N, 38 00 E |
| Area |
total: 1,127,127 sq km land: 1,119,683 sq km water: 7,444 sq km |
| Climate |
tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation |
| Terrain |
high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley |
| Population |
76,511,887 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census) |
| Imports |
food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles |
| Exports |
coffee, qat, gold, leather products, live animals, oilseeds |
| Hazards |
geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts |
| Resources |
small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower |
| Geography |
landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T'ana Hayk (Lake Tana) in northwest Ethiopia; three major crops are believed to have originated in Ethiopia: coffee, grain sorghum, and castor bean |
| Nationality |
noun: Ethiopian(s) adjective: Ethiopian |
| Capital |
name: Addis Ababa geographic coordinates: 9 02 N, 38 42 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Internet Country Code |
.et |
| Internet Users |
113,000 (2005) |
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