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Ethiopia Travel and Destination Guide
BACKGROUND INFO
Full Name
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Capital City
Addis Ababa
Area
1,098,000 sq km
Population
64,000,000
Time Zone
GMT/UTC +3
Weights Measures System
Metric
Languages
• Amharic (official)
• Tigrinya (official)
• Oromo (official)
• Arabic (essential)
Religion
Ethiopian Orthodox, Muslim, animist
Government Type
Federal Republic
Government Leaders
Girma Woldegiorgis
President (head of state)
Meles Zenawi
Prime Minister (head of government)
Country Dialing Code
251
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