At a glance
Travelling in Ethiopia won't be everyone's cup of chai: there's not much tourist infrastructure here, and checking your email rivals carrier pigeon for speed. But the landscape is splendid, the people are welcoming, the sense of history is tangible and you won't have to worry about crowds of tourists.
Fast Facts
- Full name:
- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Capital city:
- Addis Ababa
- Area:
- 1,098,000 sq km / 423,938 sq miles
- Population:
- 64,000,000
- Time Zone:
- GMT/UTC +3 (Greenwich Mean Time)
- Language:
- Amharic (official)
Tigrinya (official)
Oromo (official)
Arabic (essential)
- Religion:
- Ethiopian Orthodox, Muslim, animist
- Currency:
- Ethiopian Birr
- Electricity:
- 220V 50Hz
- Electric plug details:
- South African/Indian-style plug with two circular metal pins above a large circular grounding pin
- European plug with two circular metal pins


- European plug with two circular metal pins

