Ethiopia

Introduction

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Ethiopia ēthēōˈpēə [key], officially Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, republic (2021 est. pop. 119,032,081), 471,776 sq mi (1,221,900 sq km), NE Africa. It borders on Eritrea in the north, on Djibouti in the northeast, on Somalia in the east and southeast, on Kenya in the south, and on South Sudan and Sudan in the west. Addis Ababa is the capital and largest city.

Sections in this article:

Introduction
Ethiopia after Haile Selassie
The Twentieth Century and the Rule of Haile Selassie
Nineteenth-Century Ethiopia
Early History
Government
Economy
Land and People
Bibliography

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