18 JUBILANT FACTS ABOUT ETHIOPIA!
FACTS ABOUT ETHIOPIA 1. Where on Earth is Ethiopia? Ethiopia is a landlocked country in the ‘Horn of Africa’, located in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea to the north and northeast, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south and Sudan and South Sudan to the west. 2. Here are the precise compass details. The coordinates for Ethiopia are 9.0167° N, 38.7500° 3. It’s a very high and rocky country! The terrain is mostly high plateau with a central mountain range divided by the Great Rift Valley. Flag of Ethiopia 4. It’s larger than you’d think. The total land area of Ethiopia is 437,600 square miles (1,133,380 square kilometers). 5. And the population is enormous! Ethiopia’s population was 115 million in 2020. 6. What’s the capital of Ethiopia? The capital is Addis Ababa; it covers an area of 203 square miles (527 square kilometers) and according to the 2007 census had a population of 3,384,569. 7. The capital also ho...