Title: Sum-up of Ethiopia
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  Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, one exception being the Italian occupation of 1936-41. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), in 1991. A constitution was adopted in 1994 and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995.

 Population: 66,557,553

 Capital: Adis Ababa

 Government Type: Federal Republic

 Average Temperature: Tropic

 Major Export: Coffee

 Major Language: Most African languages, and English.

 Major Religion: Muslim.

 Chief of State: Some guy named GERA 

 Land Area: Slightly smaller than twice the size of Texas.







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