County: Ethiopia
Capital: Addis Ababa
Area:
total: 1,127,127 sq km
land: 1,119,683 sq km
water: 7,444 sq km
Government type: federal republic Religions: Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8%
Languages: Amharic, Tigrinya, Orominga, Guaraginga, 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: 25.3% (1995 est.)
Cimate
Despite being close to the equator, most of Ethiopia’s climate is mild, with average annual temperature being about 16 º C throughout the central plateau. The main rainy season (kremt) runs from mid-June to mid-September, with some light showers in March and April. Eastern Ethiopia, (near the Red Sea) and western Ethiopia (near Sudan) can get very hot.


 
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