Flag of Ethiopia
| Formal Name: | Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia |
| Local Name: | Ityoppya |
| Local Formal Name: | Ityoppya |
| Region: | Africa |
| Associations: | African Union, United Nations |
| Capital City: | Addis Ababa |
| Main Cities: | Dire Dawa, Nazret, Gondar |
| ISO 3166 Code: | ET |
| Population: | 79,221,000 |
| Area: | 1,104,300km² |
| Currency: | 1 Ethiopian birr = 100 santim |
| Languages: | Amharic, English, Oromifa and Tigrinya |
| Religions: | Ethiopian Orthodox, Islam, Protestant |
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Flag of Ethiopia
Date Flag first adopted: February 6th, 1996
Description: Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red with a yellow pentagram and single
yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands;
Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag were so often
adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the pan-African colors.
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