populous landlocked country in the world, as well as the second-most populated nation on the

African continent. It occupies a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres (420,000 sq mi), and its
capital and largest city is Addis Ababa.[2]
Some of the oldest evidence for modern humans is found in Ethiopia, [9] which is widely considered
the region from which Homo sapiens first set out for theMiddle East and points beyond.[10][11][12] Tracing
its roots to the 2nd millennium BC, Ethiopia was a monarchy for most of its history. During the first
centuries of the Common Era the Kingdom
Ethiopia (/iiopi/; Amharic: , tyy,
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the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is
bordered by Eritrea to the north and northeast,Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South
Sudan to the west, andKenya to the south. With over 90 million inhabitants,[3] Ethiopia is the most