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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Flags

Flag Colors and Description

The Ethiopian flag consists of three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red. Centered on the three bands is a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk. Since Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, the three main colors of her flag were often adopted by other African countries upon independence. As such, the colors green, yellow and red became known as the pan-African colors.

People

Population: 74777981 (July 2006 est)

Population Growth Rate: 2.31% (2006 estimate)

Spoken Languages: Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromigna, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, other local languages, English (major foreign language taught in schools)

Government

Government Type: federal republic

Capital: Addis Ababa

Economics

GDP (Gross Domestic Product): $64.73 billion (2005 estimate)

GDP per capita: $900 (2005 estimate)