Location: Eastern Africa

Capital: Addis Ababa

Population: 65,891,874

Languages: Amharic, Tigrigna, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools)

Monetary unit: 1 Birr = 100 cents

Main Exports: Coffee, hides, oilseeds, beeswax, sugarcane

Area - comparative: slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Climate: tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation

Terrain: high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift

Valley Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Denakil Depression 125m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,620m

Natural resources: small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower


Sources:
CIA world book
BBC country profile