ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is a country situated in the Horn of Africa. It is the 2nd-most populous nation in Africa, bordered by Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, and Sudan to the west. Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world. It is also the second-oldest official Christian nation in the world after Armenia

Location

North-east Africa. Sudan is located to the west of Ethiopia, Kenya to its south, Somalia to the south and east and Djibouti to its north-east. The northern province of Eritrea is on the Red Sea coast.

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.

Capital

Addis Ababa

Population

74,777,981

Climate

Tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation.

Language

Amharic (Official), English, Orominga, Tigrigna.

Monetary Unit

Birr

Largest Cities

Addis Ababa, Asmara

Principal rivers

Blue Nile (Abay Wenz), Tekeze, Awash, Omo, Sagan.

Places to Visit

Addis Ababa, Asmara

Air Ports

Addis Ababa International Air Port