Ethiopia, Etiopia, Etiopska Republika Ludowo-Demokratyczna, Ye Ethiopia Hizebawi Democraciyawi Republic
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Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, one exception being the Italian occupation of 1936-41. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), in 1991. A constitution was adopted in 1994 and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995. A two and a half year border war with Eritrea that ended with a peace treaty on 12 December 2000 has strengthened the ruling coalition, but has hurt the nation's economy.

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1. Dependency status: NA

2. Government type: federal republic

3. Location: Eastern Africa, west of Somalia

4. Border Countries: Djibouti 337 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 830 km, Somalia 1,626 km, Sudan 1,606 km

5. Climate: tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation

6. Terrain: high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley

7. Area: 1,127,127 km2

8. Capital: Addis Ababa

9. Administrative divisions: 9 ethnically-based states (kililoch, singular - kilil) and 2 self-governing administrations* (astedaderoch, singular - astedader): Adis Abeba* (Addis Ababa); Afar; Amara, Binshangul Gumuz; Dire Dawa*; Gambela Hizboch; Hareri Hizb; Oromiya; Sumale; Tigray; YeDebub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region)

10. Population: 65,891,874

11. Languages: Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools)

12. Religions: Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%

13. Currency: birr (ETB)

14. Time diference to GMT: NA

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24. Ethiopia office in Moscow:

  • Ambasada Federalnej Demokratycznej Republiki Etiopii
    Orłowo-Dawidowskij pierieułok 6
    Moskwa
    tel. (0-0 7 095) 2801616, 2801676
    fax 2806608
    e-mail: eth-emb@col.ru
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  • slowniki.onet.pl - dictionary translating from polish and english, german, french, italian, spanish, russian etc.
  • babelfish.altavista.com - dictionary translaiting both ways in 25 lanquages useful in translating texts
  • Afrika.no - The new Index on Africa
  • SKYTRAX - Links to World Airline sites
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