Ethiopia is divided into 9 ethnically-based administrative regions (kililoch; singular - kilil) and two chartered cities (astedader akababiwach, singular - astedader akabibi), indicated by asterisks: Image File history File links Ethiopia_regions_numbered. ...
These administrative regions replaced the older system of provinces (which are still sometimes used to indicate location within Ethiopia). At the time the change was made (1995), those provinces were: Addis Ababa as seen from space. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Afar region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Amhara region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Benishangul-Gumaz region . ... Dire Dawa is a chartered city (astedader akabibi) in eastern Ethiopia. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Gambela region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Harari region (in red). ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Oromia region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples region. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Tigray region. ... This article is about political regions. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Arsi is also an extinct Tocharian language Arsi (or Arusi) is one of the 12 zones in Oromia region, Ethiopia. ... Bale was a province in the south-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Goba. ... Begemder was a province in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Gondar. ... Gamu-Gofa was a province in the south-western part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Chenchen. ... Gojjam, or Gojam, was a province in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debra Markos. ... Hararghe, sometimes spelled Harerge, was a province in the eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital in Harar. ... Illubabor was a province in the south-western part of Ethiopia, along the border with Sudan. ... Kaffa was a province on the southwestern side of Ethiopia; its capital city was Jimma. ... Shewa (also spelled Shoa) is a historical region of Ethiopia. ... Sidamo was a province in the southern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Irgalem, and later at Awassa. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Tigray region. ... Welega was a province in the western part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Nakamti. ... Wollo was a province in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Dessye. ...
Ethiopia is 1,127,127 km² in size, and is the major portion of the Horn of Africa, which is the eastern-most part of the African landmass.
After the 1974 revolution, the economy of Ethiopia was run as a socialist economy: strong state controls were implemented, and a large part of the economy was transferred to the public sector, including most modern industry and large-scale commercial agriculture, all agricultural land and urban rental property, and all financial institutions.
Islam in Ethiopia dates back almost to the founding of the religion; in 616, a band of Muslims was counseled by the Prophet Muhammad to escape persecution in Mecca and travel to Abyssinia, which was ruled by, in the Prophet's estimation, a pious Christian king.
Ethiopia is divided into 9 ethnically-based administrative regions (kililoch; singular - kilil) and two chartered cities (astedader akababiwach, singular - astedader akabibi), indicated by asterisks:
These administrative regions replaced the older system of provinces (which are still sometimes used to indicate location within Ethiopia).
At the time the change was made (1995), those provinces were:
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