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Ethiopia

Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Ethiopia

• ADDIS ABABA
• GONDAR
• AWASSA
• BAHAR DAR

 

Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Capital: Addis Ababa
Area: total: 1,127,127 sq km
water: 7,444 sq km
land: 1,119,683 sq km
Climate: tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
Location: Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
Geographic coordinates: 8 00 N, 38 00 E
Comparative Area: slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Land boundaries: total: 5,328 km
border countries: Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km, Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 1,606 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Terrain: high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,620 m


Map of Ethiopia

Map of Ethiopia

 

 


 

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