Ethiopia Flashcards
Official name
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Capital city
Addis Ababa
president
Sahle-Work Zewde
flag
green yellow red background in horizontal lines with a blye circle with a yellow star in it on top
it was the only African country
not colonized, even though it was briefly conquered by Italy in 1936 and occupied until 1941
official language
Amharic
Ethiopian calendar
a year is 13 months long with 12 months of 30 days each and the last month with 5 days in a common year, and 6 during a leap year
it has 11
underground medieval churches built by being carved out of the ground
eg. Church of St George in Lalibela
It is the home of
the Ethiopian Orthodox Church- one of the oldest Christian denominations
It is also the only African country with
its own alphabet
The Ethiopic Alphabet is also the world’s oldest living alphabet, probably one of the longest with 345 letters