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Location	Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France.
Geographic coordinates	8 00 N, 38 00 E.
Map references	Africa.
Area	Total: 1,127,127 sq km Water: 7,444 sq km Land: 1,119,683 sq km.
Land Boundaries	Total: 5,328 km.
Border Countries	Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km, Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 1,606 km.
Coastline	0 km (landlocked).
Climate	Tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation.
Geography — Note	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, rises in T'ana Hayk (Lake Tana) in northwest Ethiopia.
Population	67,673,031 (July 2002 est.)
Age Structure	0-14 years: 47.2% (male 16,098,191; female 15,879,065) 15-64 years: 50% (male 17,005,387; female 16,801,536) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 854,023; female 1,034,829) (2002 est.)
Population growth rate	2.64% (2002 est.).
Ethnic groups	Oromo 40%, Amhara and Tigre 32%, Sidamo 9%, Shankella 6%, Somali 6%, Afar 4%, Gurage 2%, other 1%.
Religions	Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%.
Languages	Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools).
Literacy	Definition: age 15 and over can read and write Total Population: 35.5% Male: 45.5% Female: 23.3% (1995 est.)
Country Name	Conventional Long Form : Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Conventional Short Form : Ethiopia Local Short Form : Ityop'iya Former : Abyssinia, Italian East Africa Local Long Form : Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik
Government type	Federal Republic
Capital	Addis Ababa.
Independence	Oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years.
National holiday	National Day (defeat of MENGISTU regime), 28 May (1991).
Constitution	Ratified December 1994; effective 22 August 1995.
Legal System	Currently transitional mix of national and regional courts.
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal.
GDP	Purchasing Power Parity - $46 billion (2001 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	7.3% (2001 est.)
GDP - per capita	Purchasing Power Parity - $700 (2001 est.).
GDP - composition by sector	Agriculture: 52.3% Industry: 11.1% Services: 36.6% (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line	64% (1996).
Household income or consumption by percentage share	Lowest 10%: 3% Highest 10%: 33.7% (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	6.8% (2001 est.).
Labor force	NA
Labor force - by occupation	Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 80%, Government and Services 12%, Industry and Construction 8% (1985).
Budget	Revenues: $1.8 billion Expenditures: $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $600 million (2002 est.)
Industries	Food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metals processing, cement.
Agriculture - products	Cereals, pulses, coffee, oilseed, sugarcane, potatoes, qat; hides, cattle, sheep, goats.
Exports	$442 million (f.o.b. 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities	Coffee, qat, gold, leather products, oilseeds.
Exports - partners	Germany 18%, Japan 11%, Djibouti 11%, Saudi Arabia 8% (2000 est.)
Imports	$1.54 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
Imports - commodities	Food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles.
Imports - partners	Saudi Arabia 25%, US 9%, Italy 7%, Russia 4% (2000 est.)
Currency	Birr (ETB).
Currency code	ETB.
Fiscal year	8 July - 7 July.
Source : www.cia.gov

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