ABSTRACT
Located in northeastern Africa, Ethiopia is a landlocked country surrounded by Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Kenya. The country’s climate ranges from temperate in the highlands, to arid in the lowlands. Of Ethiopia’s some 66,180,000 people, 40 percent are Oromo, 32 percent Amhara and Tigre, 9 percent Sidamo, and 19 percent consist of various other groups. The most widely spoken languages in the country are Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromo, Somali, Arabic, Italian, and English. Between 45 percent and 50 percent of the population is Muslim, 35 percent to 40 percent is Ethiopian Orthodox Christian, while the remaining population practices animist and various other religious traditions. Addis Ababa, the nation’s capital, is also its largest city, with 2,220,000 inhabitants.
