List of Regions in Ethiopia

Ethiopia Profile

	Name	Ethiopia
	Capital	Addis Ababa
	ISO3166-1 (Alpha-2)	ET
	ISO3166-1 (Alpha-3)	ETH
	ISO3166-1 (Numeric)	231

IDD Code	251	TLD	et
Total Area	1,104,300 km²	Population	115,757,473
Country Demonym	Ethiopians	Currency Symbol	Br
Currency Code	ETB	Currency Name	Ethiopian Birr
Language Code	AM	Language Name	Amharic

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Country Overview

Ethiopia has one of the longest known histories as a country in Africa. Ethiopia was one of the few countries in Africa that escaped the Scramble for Africa. It avoided being colonized until 1935, when it was invaded by the Italians under Benito Mussolini, who took over the country for a brief time. Ethiopia used to be called Abyssinia. The word "Ethiopia" is the combination of two words,"Eth" and "Yop". The word "Eth" was taken from the first king of Ethiopia named "Etheal" (meaning: Gift of God) and "Yop" (meaning: Yellow Gold) was the place where Etheal was appointed. And "ia" shows that Ethiopia is a country name. Generally,Ethiopia means "Gift of yellow gold for God". is the most populous landlocked country in the world. It lost its Red Sea ports when Eritrea gained independence in 1993.

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