Ethiopia

Éthiopie

Africa

Did you know?

•Ethiopia uses a calendar with 13 months, which is why local dates do not line up with the Gregorian calendar.
•Ethiopia is central to the story of coffee: the plant's origins are traditionally linked to its highlands.
•The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela were carved directly into the stone and remain one of Africa's most striking sacred landscapes.

Key Information

Capital

Addis Ababa

Population

111,7 million

Area

1,104,300 km²

GDP

125,7 billion $

Currency

ETB

Difficulty on MapGuesser

Medium

Subregion

Eastern Africa

Calling code

+251

MapGuesser Tip

Ethiopia is the large landlocked country in the Horn of Africa, west of Somalia and north of Kenya.

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Official Languages

AmharicOromoSomaliTigrinya

Flag Colors

rougejaunevertbleu

Flag History

The flag of Ethiopia consists of a green, yellow, and red tricolour with the national emblem, a golden pentagram on a blue disc, superimposed at the centre. While the colours green, yellow, and red in combination held symbolic importance since at least the early 17th century, the modern tricolour was first adopted on 11 October 1897 by Menelik II, and the present flag on 31 October 1996.

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