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Capital | Addis Ababa | ||||
Largest city | Addis Ababa | ||||
Other cities | Dire Dawa, Mek'ele, Adama, Gondar | ||||
Language official |
Amharic | ||||
others | Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya, Sidamo, Wolaytta, Gurage, Afar, Hadiyya, Gamo, Others | ||||
President | Girma Wolde-Giorgis | ||||
Prime Minister | Hailemariam Desalegn | ||||
Area | 1,104,300 km² | ||||
Population | 70,000,000 | ||||
Independence | 1944 | ||||
Currency | Birr |
Foreign Relations[]
Military[]
Named the Ethiopian Defense Force to help protect Ethiopia from invading outside nations during the late 1800s and protect from the threats entering the 1900s and during the 1940s.
Location | Number of Soldiers |
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Overall | 80,000 |
Ethiopia | 75,000 |
Somalia | 5,000 |
Equipment
- Infantry
- Makarov Pistol (Semi-automatic pistol)
- Beretta Modello 38 (Sub-machine gun)
- Uzi (Sub-machine gun)
- AK-47 (Assault Rifle)
- AKM (Assault Rifle)
- Beretta BM59 (Battle Rifle)
- Heckler & Goch G3 (Battle Rifle)
- Vz. 58 (Assault Rifle)
- IMI Tavor TAR-21 (Assault Rifle)
- Degtyaryov machine gun (Light machine gun)
- RPD machine gun (Light machine gun)
- RPK (Light machine gun)
- DShK (Heavy machine gun)
- Armored
- T-62 Main battle tank - 50
- T-54/55 Medium tank - 135
- BTR-60 Personal carrier - 80
- BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle - 195
- EDT-Hyena Battle Tank - 30
- Air Force: 142 Aircraft in use
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
- Mil Mi-8
- Mil-Mi-14
- Mil Mi-17
- Mil Ni-24
- Mil Mi-35
- Antonov AN-12
- Yakovlev Yak-40
- Tuplev Tu-154
- 4 F-4A Phantoms (on loan)
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