Ethiopia

By:Madelyn Perryman

By: Madelyn

Government
Governme
nt
Ethiopia
is governed under the
constitution of 1994 . It provides for a
president as head of state and a
prime minister as head of
government.

Location
Ethiopia is located in Africa.
It is 11,322km from the United
States
As you can see Ethiopia is not a
wealthy country
Ethiopia is in the Horn of Africa is
a rugged landlocked country split
by the Great Rift Valley.

Currency
1 USD = 20.8989 ETB
1 Dollars = 20.8989 Ethiopian Birr
The USDETB rate as of 17 Sep 2015
at 3:05 PM
Dollars to Ethiopian Birr Intraday
Chart
Day Range: 20.8729 - 20.8983
USD 1 5 10 50 100 500
ETB 20.9 104.49 208.99 1044.95
2089.89 10449.47
INVERT currencies? Ethiopian Birr to
Dollars

Tourism
attracted by its fertile national
parks, 3,000 year-old
archeological history and in the
world heritage sites.
Visitor numbers in the country
have increased by 10% over the
last decade
Last year, more than 600,000
tourists visited Ethiopia

Famous
Landmarks

Harar is a historic fortified town in

eastern Ethiopia that is considered the
fourth holiest city of Islam
Erta Ale is a volcano in the Afar region
of northeastern Ethiopia and the
hottest places on earth
Semien Mountains National Park
includes Ras Dejen, the highest
mountain in Ethiopia and fourth
highest in Africa at over 15,000 feet
above sea level
Hadar is an archaeological site in the
Lower Awash Valley of Ethiopia that
was made famous by the 1974

Flag
The green-yellow-red flag
appeared in 06 October 1897.
It was the flag of Ethiopia it
became the basis for the Pan
African colors.
Before the end of the Ethiopian
Empire the colors were
interpreted as ,red for power
and faith, yellow for church,
peace, natural wealth and love
and green for land and hope.

Population
Ethiopia has 94.1 million people

Language
Ethiopia language is Amharic

Culture
Ethiopia has the second
highest population in Africa
after Nigeria, with 94.1 million
people. This population
comprises many different
ethnic groups, including the
Oromo, Amhara, Tigrai,
Sidamo and Somali people.

Food
This is usually in the form of wat
also w'et or wot, a thick stew,
served atop injera, a large
sourdough flatbread, which is
about 50 centimeters, 20
inches)in diameter and made out
of fermented teff flour.