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Official
Name-Fedreal Democratic Republic
Of Ethiopia
Capital-Addis Ababa
Area-1,133,380 square kilometers 437,600
square miles
Population-70,000,000(2004 estimate)
Population Growth Rate-2.11 percent
Population Density-54 persons per square
kilometer estimate 139 persons per square mile estimate
urbanization :Urban-17 percent (1998
estimate) Rural-83 percent (1998 estimate)
Life Expectancy:Total-40.1 years Male-38.7
years Female-41.5 years
Literacy rate:Total-38.7 percent(2000
estimate Female-33.4 percent(2000 estimate) Male-43.9 percent (2000
estimate)
Languages-Amharic(Official), Tigrigna,Guragigna,Oromigna,Ge`ez
Somali,Arabic,English.
Religion: Ethiopian Orthodox-40% Muslim-45%
Indigenous religons-12% Other-3%
Independence:
Ethiopia is the oldest
independent country in Africa and one of
the oldest in the World.
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