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Introduction

Ethiopia, formerly Abyssinia, now the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, republic in eastern Africa, bordered on the north-east by Eritrea and Djibouti, on the east and south-east by Somalia, on the south-west by Kenya, and on the west and north-west by Sudan. The area of the country is 1,133,380 sq km (437,600 sq mi). The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa.