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Ethiopia, formerly Abyssinia, now the Federal
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, republic in eastern Africa,
bordered on the north-east by Eritrea and Djibouti, on the
east and south-east by Somalia, on the south-west by Kenya,
and on the west and north-west by Sudan. The area of the nation
is 1,128,176 sq km (435,606 sq mi).
Capital - Addis Ababa 2,113,838 (2002)
Population - 59,188,999 (2002)
Area - 1,128,176 sq km (435,606 sq mi)
Languages - Amharic; Tigrinya; Tigre; English;
Arabic
Religions - Christianity; Islam
Currency - Birr
Standard Time - 3 hours ahead Greenwich Mean
Time (GMT+3) 
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