Ethiopia Stretches Her Hands unto God ("From the Exodus, Reborn") | |||||||
| Anthem | "ኢትዮጵያ ሆይ
Amharic: Ityopp'ya Hoy; | ||||||
| Capital | Addis Ababa | ||||||
| Largest city | Addis Ababa | ||||||
| Other cities | Aksum, Mogadishu, Dire Dawa, Asawa, Massawa, Djibouti, Harar | ||||||
| Language official |
Amharic | ||||||
| others | Somali, Tigrinya, Omoro, and Arabic | ||||||
| Religion main |
Ethiopia Orthodox Tewahedo Church | ||||||
| others | Islam, Catholicism, Judaism | ||||||
| Ethnic Group | Oromo, Amhara, Somali, Tigray, Sidama, Gurage, Welayta, Hadiya, Afar, Gamo, Gedeo | ||||||
| Demonym | Ethiopian | ||||||
| Government | Autocratic Monarchy | ||||||
| Legislature | Imperial Crown Council | ||||||
| Emperor | Amha Selassie II | ||||||
| Imperial House: | Solomon | ||||||
| Prime Minister | Eskinder Bikila | ||||||
| Population | 113,290,808 | ||||||
| Established | 1137 AD | ||||||
| Currency | Ethiopia birr | ||||||
| Time Zone | EAT (UTC+3) | ||||||
| summer | not observed | ||||||
| Calling Code | +251 | ||||||
| Internet TLD | .et | ||||||
| Organizations | African Union and United Nations | ||||||
Ethiopia, officially the Ethiopian Empire (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሠ ነገሥት መንግሥተ), is a large nation located in East Africa. Home to more that 113.2 million imperial subjects, the Ethiopian Empire is the largest and most powerful nation on the continent. Established around the same time as ancient Egypt, Ethiopia is one of the world's oldest surviving nations, and one of its most diverse. The empire is divided in numerous domains, each home to a specific ethnic majority. This in turn make up the empire as a whole, while allowing the numerous ethnic groups within to have a voice in their homeland.