1. By : Kelsey Wade

2.  Eritrea  Sudan  Uganda  Kenya  Somalia  Djbouti  Red Sea  Gulf of Aden  Ethiopia is in North- eastern Africa and is landlocked between 6 countries.

3.  Capital:  Addis Ababa  Major Cities  Dirē Dawa  Nazrēt  Bahr Dar  Gonder  Desē

4.  Lakes  Chew  Rudolf  Tana  Abaya  Mountains  Mendebo  Choke  Rivers  Blue Nile

5.  Sof Omar Caves  The caves extend to over 15 km / 9.5 miles in length, making it the longest of Ethiopia's caves. It also has over 42 entrances, although only a handful are actually used to gain access nowadays.  Blue Nile  The Tisisat Falls are an awe inspiring and spectacular sight that you can hear long before you actually see them. Visitors cannot fail to be transfixed by the sight of the Blue Nile as it plunges more than 50 m / 164 feet into the gorge below.  Judah Monument  Right off the train right in front of the railway station, stands on a black granite plinth, this gold-colored monument was created as part of the coronation celebrations that took place in 1930 in Addis Ababa

9.  River Rafting and Kyaking  River rafting on the Blue Nile and also in Ethiopia’s many large lakes.  Hiking and site seeing  Ethiopia is a land with many square miles of rain forest, which also come with a variety of animals and plants.  Meeting native tribes  Ethiopia still has native tribes that run certain areas of the land.

10.  There are three equal bands of green on the top, yellow in the middle, and red at the bottom. In the middle there is a yellow star with rays of yellow, on top of a gray circle. The green stripe represents hope and the fertility of the land. Yellow represents justice and harmony. Red represents sacrifice and heroism. The gray circle represents equality of the people and the star stands for unity.

11.  Climate  Tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation.  Terrain  High plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley

12.  61 Airports  681 km of Railways  36,469 km of Roadway  Since Ethiopia is landlocked, it has no ports.  Many people prefer to walk or take a bike or car to their destination.

13.  National Museum of Ethiopia  Located in the nations capital, this museum shows the history of Ethiopia and its native tribal history.  It also displays many of the earliest skeletons believed to be from the first humans.

14.  Ethiopian art often displays the Christian religion, while more native art is displayed as tribal beads, clothes and wooden hand crafted masks.

15.  Amarigna (official) 32.7%  English (official) (major foreign language taught in schools)  Oromigna 31.6%  Tigrigna 6.1%  Somaligna 6%  Guaragigna 3.5%  Sidamigna 3.5%  Hadiyigna 1.7%  other 14.8%

16.  Doro Wat Chicken Stew  Ethiopian cuisine consists of spicy vegetable and meat dishes cooked as stews or sauces called wat (or wot) which are served on top of sourdough flatbread (injera) made of teff flour.

17.  Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world. What are believed to be the oldest remains of a human ancestor ever found, which have been dated as being some five million years old, were discovered in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia. This beats the discovery of "Lucy", a 3.2 million year old skeleton, who was unearthed in the same area in 1974.

18.  Geologically active Great Rift Valley is susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts  Volcanism: Ethiopia experiences volcanic activity in the Great Rift Valley; Erta Ale (elev. 613 m), which has caused frequent lava flows in recent years, is the country's most active volcano; Dabbahu became active in 2005, causing evacuations.

19.  Total Population  56.19 years  Male  53.64 years  Female  58.81 years

20.  Orthodox 43.5%  Muslim 33.9%  Protestant 18.6%  traditional 2.6%  Catholic 0.7%  other 0.7%

21.  Oromo 34.5%  Amara 26.9%  Somalie 6.2%  Tigraway 6.1%  Sidama 4%  Guragie 2.5%  Welaita 2.3 %  Hadiya 1.7%,  Affar 1.7%  Gamo 1.5%  Gedeo 1.3%  other 11.3%

22.  Imports  $7.517 billion (2010)  food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles  Exports  $1.729 billion (2010)  coffee, qat, gold, leather products, live animals, oilseeds