africa • ETH
Ethiopia
Location marker · geographic overview
8° N / 38° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Addis Ababa
- Population
- 132,059,767 2024
- Area
- 1,104,300 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Amharic
- Currency
- Ethiopian birr (ETB)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Ethiopia
Travelers to Ethiopia (Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ ʾĪtyōpyā) experience a country divided into two: in the north and east the focus is on cultural heritage, while in the south there are several national parks and lakes in the area of the East African Rift with their flora and fauna as well as the habitat of several indigenous peoples.
Food & everyday culture
Injera is ubiquitous in Ethiopia. It is a spongy, tangy-tasting bread made from the grain teff, which grows in the highlands of Ethiopia. It looks and feels akin to a crepe or pancake. It's eaten with wot (or wat), traditional stews made with spices and meat or legumes. Popular wats are doro (chicken) wat, yebeg (lamb) wat and asa (fish) wat.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-15. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Calling code
- +251
- Internet domain
- .et
- Land border codes
- DJI, ERI, KEN, SOM, SSD, SDN
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .et. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.