Ethiopia (eth)

Ethiopia

Ethiopia ranks 2,169th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kremenchuk, Talence, and Porsgrunn. Memorable people born in Ethiopia include Menelik I, Onuphrius, and Abdullah ibn Ja'far. Memorable people who died in Ethiopia include Pêro da Covilhã. Ethiopia has been the birth place of many athletes, and religious figures and the death place of many explorers. Ethiopia is located in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia covers a land area of 1,104,300 square kilometres (426,400 sq mi). As of 2024, it is home to around 132 million inhabitants, making it the 10th-most populous country in the world, the 2nd-most populous in Africa after Nigeria, and the most populated landlocked country on Earth. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African and Somali tectonic plates. Read more on Wikipedia