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| Region | Testing Format | Fee | Test Dates |
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| Addis Ababa | TOEFL iBT | $190 $190 $190 $190 $190 $190 $190 $190 $190 $190 $190 $190 $190 $190 |
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Ethiopia Overview
Ethiopia is a federal republic in northeast Africa with Addis Ababa as the capital and the only metropolis. The highest country in Africa is determined by a mountainous highlands. It runs out to the west into a savannah and to the east into a steppe landscape. The densely populated inland shows strong climatic differences, ranging from dry in the lowlands to tropical, humid and hot to cool. The multi-ethnic state with more than 80 ethnic groups is divided into semi-autonomous regional states according to ethnic criteria. The national identity is relatively weak. For a long time, political rule was in the hands of an Orthodox Christian elite. This unequal distribution of power between Christianity and Islam led to ethnic and religious conflicts. The state language is Amharic, Lingua franca and educational language English. Traces of pre-human beings have been found in the region. In the 1st century AD, the powerful empire Aksum came into being, which later adopted Christianity. During the colonial period, the Abyssinian empire retained its independence. From 1930 Ethiopia was under the rule of Emperor Haile Selassie whose regime was overthrown in a military coup in 1974 and replaced by a socialist people’s republic. After a long civil war, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia was founded in 1995. Even though the economy has been growing rapidly since 2005, Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world. The majority of the rapidly growing population lives in villages in the central highlands and secures their livelihood through self-sufficiency in agriculture. Agricultural products, especially coffee, are the main export goods. Extreme weather conditions such as droughts endanger the yield and make the country dependent on international food aid. Foreign policy conflicts are caused by the tense relationship with the former part of Eritrea, which became independent in 1993.
Country facts
- Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- License plate: ETH
- ISO-3166: ET, ETH (231)
- Internet domain:.et
- Currency: 1 birr (Br) = 100 cents
- Area: 1,104,300 km²
- Population (2018): 109.2 million
- Capital: Addis Ababa
- Official language: Amharic
- Form of government: Parliamentary Federal Republic
- Administrative division: 9 regional states (Kililoch), 2 city regions
- Head of State: President Sahle-Work Zewde
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali
- Religion (s) (2007, last available status): 62.7% Christians (Orthodox; Protestants), 33.9% Muslims (Sunnis)
- Time zone: Central European Time +2 hours
- National holiday: May 28th
Location and infrastructure
- Location (geographical): Northeast Africa
- Position (coordinates): between 3 ° 30 ‘and 14 ° 53’ north latitude and 33 ° and 48 ° east longitude
- Climate: In the highlands, a dry, subtropical climate, in the lowlands, a dry, hot savanna climate
- Highest mountain: Ras Dashen (4,620 m)
- Road network (2018): 120 171 km
- Railway network 2017): 659 km
Population
- Annual population growth (2018): 2.8%
- Birth rate (2018): 36 per 1000 residents.
- Death rate (2018) 7.5 per 1000 inh.
- Average age (2018): 18 years
- Average life expectancy (2018): 63 years (women 65.5; men 60.5)
- Age structure (2018): 43.2% younger than 15 years, 3% older than 65 years
- Literacy rate (15-year-olds and older) (2015): 49.1%
- Mobile phone contracts (pre-paid and post-paid) (2017): 60 per 100 pop.
- Internet users (2016): 15 per 100 inh.
Economy
- GDP per capita (2017): US $ 2165
- Total GDP (2017): US $ 81
- GNI per capita (2017): US $ 740
- Education expenditure (2013, last available level6): 4.5% of GDP
- Military expenditure (2016): 0.7% of GDP
- Unemployment rate (15 years and older) (2017): 5.2%
National symbols
The national flag is horizontally striped in green over yellow over red with the coat of arms in the middle.
The coat of arms, introduced in 1996, shows a golden pentagram with five golden rays on a blue round shield. The pentagram is taken from King Solomon’s seal, to which the former Ethiopian imperial family traced back. Today the pentagram stands for the unity of the country and its peoples.
National holiday: May 28th commemorates the defeat of the Mengistu regime in 1991.