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Ethiopia is primed to host the COP32 climate summit in 2027, with official confirmation expected soon.

About Ethiopia

• It is a landlocked country in East Africa.
• It occupies an area of 1,104,300 sq.km. 
• It is the largest and most populated country located in the Horn of Africa.
• With the 1993 secession of Eritrea, its former province along the Red Sea, Ethiopia became landlocked.
• It is bordered by six countries. These are Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Sudan to the north, northeast, east, south, west, and northwest, respectively.
• The political system in Ethiopia is Democratic Republic.
• Capital: Addis Ababa 
• Currency: Birr (ETB)
• Languages: Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, and Tigrinya.
• The country has one of the most rugged and complex topographies on the continent. 
• The five major topographic features of the country are the Rift Valley, Western and Eastern Highlands, and Western and Eastern Lowlands.
• The North Central massifs of the country host the highest point in the country, marked by the yellow upright triangle. It is the 4,533 m high Mount Ras Dejen.
• The three main rivers in Ethiopia are the Blue Nile, the Omo River, and the Awash River. 
• Lake Tana, one of Africa’s most unique wetland ecosystems and the source of 50% of Ethiopia’s freshwater, is located in the northwest of the Ethiopian Highlands.
• Ethiopia was among the first independent nations to sign the Charter of the United Nations, and it gave moral and material support to the decolonization of Africa and to the growth of Pan-African cooperation.
• These efforts culminated in the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (since 2002, the African Union) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, both of which have their headquarters in Addis Ababa.

Source: DEVD

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