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Ethopia:
Factsheet
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Country
Name: ETHIOPIA
Capital: Addis Ababa
US
Contact:
Chancery:
3506 International Drive NW
Washington, DC 20008
 1.202.364.1200
 1.202.686.9857
Related
Link: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Ethiopia.html
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Geography
Location:
Eastern Africa, west of Somalia landlocked - entire coastline
along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of
Eritrea on 24 May 1993
Total : 1,127,127 sq km
Land: 1,119,683 sq km
Water: 7,444 sq km
Geographic coordinates: 8 00 N, 38 00 E
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Population
65,891,874
(July 2001 est.)
Growth rate: 2.7% (2001 est.)
Birth rate: 44.68 births/1,000 population (2001
est.)
Death rate: 17.84 deaths/1,000 population (2001
est.)
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Climate
Tropical
monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation.
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Natural
Resources/Land Use
Small
reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower.
Arable
land: 12%
Permanent crops: 1%
Permanent pastures: 40%
Forests and woodland: 25%
Other: 22% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 1,900 sq km (1993 est.)
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Natural
Hazards/Environmental Issues
Geologically
active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions; frequent droughts.
Deforestation;
overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification.
Party
to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection
Signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification,
Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban
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Economy
Based
on agriculture, which accounts for half of GDP, 90% of exports,
and 80% of total employment. The agricultural sector suffers
from frequent periods of drought and poor cultivation practices,
and as many as 4.6 million people need food assistance annually.
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $39.2 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $600 (2000
est.)
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Information
Source:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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