| UNDP-ET: About Ethiopia (3657 words) |
 | Ethiopia is situated in the part of north-eastern Africa known as the Horn of Africa, sharing frontiers with the Sudan to the north and west, Djibouti to the north-east, Somalia to the south-east, and Kenya to the south. |
 | Ethiopia has essentially three climatic zones: (a) a cool zone consisting of the central parts of the Western and Eastern section of the high plateaux, and the region around Harar with terrains generally about 2,400 metres, (b) a temperate zone between 1,500 and 2,400 metres, and (c) the hot lowlands below 1,500 metres. |
 | On the defeat of the Italian forces in Ethiopia by British forces in 1941, the Emperor returned, although Ethiopia was at first regarded by Britain as a conquered Italian colony and was returned to the Emperor's authority only after agreements in 1942 and 1944. |