Background information of Ethiopia(refer to the last picture):
Capital: Addis Ababa(5 million population)
Geographical location and features: Ethiopia is located in the horn of africa and is bordered on the north and northeast by Eritrea, on the east by Dijibouti and somalia, on the south by kenya, and on the west and southwest bu sudan. The country has a high central plateau that varies from 1290 to 3000m(4232 to 9843 feet) above sea level with the highest mountain reaching 4533m(14872 feet)
Climate: The climate is temperate on the plateau and hot in the lowlands. At Addis Ababa(capital), maximum temperature is 26 degrees(78.8 farenheit) and minimum 4 degrees(39.2 farenheit). The weather is usually sunny and dry, but short rain occur from feburary and April and big rains from mid-june to mid-september
Population Size: as of july 2009, ethiopia has an estimated poplulation of 85,237,338. The figure can never be accurate due to the high mortality rate of ADIS.
Currency: Birr(refer to second last picture) is the unit of currency in Ethiopia. The ethiopia birr is second most used currency in Africa with 88 million users.
Languages: Ethiopia has many indigenious languages. For about 70 different languauges. Most of them belongs to the Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic divisions of the Afro-Asiatic linguistic family. Amharic, the official national language. English is the principal second language taught in schools.
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