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Official Name:
Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik
Short form: Ityop'iya

ISO Country Code: et, ETH
Ethiopian Standard Time = UTC +3h
Ethiopia does not operate Daylight-Saving Time.

Country Calling Code: +251
Capital: Addis Ababa (pop. 3 million)

Largest Cities:
Bahir Dar (800,000), Gondar (750,000), Mekelle (444,000), Dessie (400,000), Adama (Nazret, 340,000), Hawassa (Awassa, 320,000), Dire Dawa (290,000)

Government:
Federal parliamentary democracy.
A new constitution was adopted in 1995.

Transparency: Rank 94 (out of 180 countries); Score 38, on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt). Ethiopia ranks between Brazil and Kazakhstan in the corruption perception index.

Geography:
Location: Horn of Africa bordered by Sudan on the west, Somalia and Djibouti on the east, Eritrea on the north and Kenya on the south.
Area: 1.1 million km² (440 000 sq. mi.), about twice the size of Kenya, France, or Texas.
Terrain: Rugged mountains, flat-topped high plateaus, deep river canyons, rolling plains, and dry low lands.

Climate: Temperate in the highlands; tropical in the lowlands; dry season from October through May; wet season from June to September.