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The table below shows cities and towns with more than 40,000 inhabitants (from the projection for 2016 by using the 2007 census data). [1] [2] The population numbers are referring to the inhabitants of the cities themselves, suburbs and the metropolitan area outside the city area are not taken into account. Given the suburbs and the ...
Ethiopia: 607,321 2008 [citation needed] Horn of Africa: Djibouti City Djibouti: 475,322 2009 Capital Horn of Africa: Dodoma Tanzania: 410,956 2012 Capital Great Lakes Region: Gitega Burundi: 125,989 2019 [7] Capital Great Lakes Region: Harare Zimbabwe: 1,606,000 2016 Capital Southeast Africa: Hargeisa Somaliland: 1,960,000 2019 Capital Horn of ...
As of August 2023, there are twelve regional states and two chartered cities (Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa). Being based on ethnicity and language, rather than physical geography or history, the regions vary enormously in area and population; the most notable example is the Harari Region , which has a smaller area and population than either of the ...
The exact number of zones is unclear, as the names and number of zones given in documents by Ethiopia's Central Statistical Agency differ between 2005 [1] and 2007. [2] Various maps give different zone names and boundaries. Zones are a 2nd level subdivision of Ethiopia, below regions and above woredas, or districts. The zones are listed below ...
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia covers a land area of ...
Addis Ababa (/ ˌ æ d ɪ s ˈ æ b ə b ə /; [5] Amharic: አዲስ አበባ, lit. 'new flower' [adˈdis ˈabəba] ⓘ,Oromo: Finfinnee, lit. 'fountain of hot mineral water') is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia and Oromia [6] [7] [8] In the 2007 census, the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. [2]
The border between Ethiopia and Eritrea was the subject of multiple conflicts between the countries for awhile. [20] Between 1998 and 2000, the two countries fought a war over the issue, which involves quite small enclaves along the northern segment of their border, including the tiny village of Badme and the enclave of the Irob people. [20]
Ethiopia is one of the least developed countries but is sometimes considered an emerging power, [28] [29] having the fastest economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries because of foreign direct investment in expansion of agricultural and manufacturing industries; [30] agriculture is the country's largest economic sector, accounting for ...