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Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south. Ethiopia has a high central plateau, the Abyssinian Highlands (or Ethiopian Highlands) that varies from 1,290 to 3,000 m (4,232 to 9,843 ft) above sea level, with some 25 ...
Temperature and weather changes. Between 1960 and 2006, the mean annual temperature increased by 1.3°C. On average, the rate would be 0.28°C in temperature per decade. [6][7] A study from 2008 predicted further warming of 0.7°C and 2.3°C by 2020s and 1.4°C by 2050s. [8]
The South Ethiopia Regional State (Amharic: ደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ ክልላዊ መንግስት) is a region in southern Ethiopia. [4] It was formed from the southern part of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) on 19 August 2023 after a successful referendum .
Ethiopia's climate is predicted to warm between 0.7°C and 2.3°C by the end of the 2020s and between 1.4°C and 2.9°C by the 2050s. The county's vulnerability to climate change could increase poverty and dependency on rain-fed agriculture. Other factors are environmental degradation (e.g., deforestation), chronic food security, and recurring ...
Famines in Ethiopia have occurred periodically throughout the history of the country. The economy was based on subsistence agriculture , with an aristocracy that consumed the surplus. Due to a number of causes, the peasants have lacked incentives to either improve production or to store their excess crops; as a result, they lived from harvest ...
Ethiopia has three distinct seasons that are locally known as "bega" (October to January), "belg" (February to May) and "kiremt" (June to September). The southern and southern lowlands of the country have rainfall periods from March to May and from September to November. The two cropping seasons in Bale Highlands are Ganna (March to June) and ...
Headquarters. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Official languages. Amharic, Arabic and Oromo. Website. ena.et. The Ethiopian News Agency (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዜና አገልግሎት Ye-Ityopya Zéna Agelgelot (IZA) or ENA) is the official news agency of the government of Ethiopia. It is the oldest news organisation in Ethiopia. [citation needed]
Amharic (/ æ m ˈ h ær ɪ k / am-HARR-ik [4] [5] [6] or / ɑː m ˈ h ɑːr ɪ k / ahm-HAR-ik; [7] native name: አማርኛ, romanized: Amarəñña, IPA: [amarɨɲːa] ⓘ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages.