| | Geographic Coordinates: | 8 00 N, 38 00 E | | Location: | Eastern Africa, west of Somalia | | Area: | total: 1,127,127 sq km
land: 1,119,683 sq km
water: 7,444 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly less than twice the size of Texas | | Land boundaries: | total: 5,328 km
border countries: Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km, Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 1,606 km | | Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) | | Terrain: | high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,620 m | | Capital: | 9 ethnically-based states (kililoch, singular - kilil) and 2 self-governing administrations* (astedaderoch, singular - astedader); Adis Abeba* (Addis Ababa), Afar, Amara (Amhara), Binshangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa*, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela Peoples), Hareri Hizb (Harari People), Oromiya (Oromia), Sumale (Somali), Tigray, Ye Debub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples) |
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