Addis Ababa
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Caipital | |
![]() Addis Ababa skyline(2020) | |
Eik-name(s): Ceety o Humans, Adisaba, Sheger, Adu, Adu Genet | |
Coordinates: 9°1′48″N 38°44′24″E / 9.03000°N 38.74000°E | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Chairtered Ceety | Addis Ababa |
Chairtered | 1886 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Diriba Kuma |
Area | |
• Caipital | 527 km2 (203 sq mi) |
• Laund | 527 km2 (203 sq mi) |
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Elevation | 2355 m (7726 ft) |
Population (2008) | |
• Caipital | 3,384,569 |
• Density | 5165.1/km2 (13,378/sq mi) |
• Urban | 3,384,569 |
• Metro | 4,567,857 |
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Time zone | UTC+3 (East Africae Time) |
Area code(s) | (+251) 11 |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Addis Ababa (whiles spelled Addis Abeba, the spellin uised bi the offeecial Ethiopian Mapping Authority) is the caipital ceety o Ethiopie. (In Ethiopian leids: Amharic, Addis Abäba [adːiːs aβəβa] "new flouer"; Oromo, Finfinne; Ge'ez ኣዲስ ኣበባ) It is the lairgest ceety in Ethiopiee, wi a population o 3,384,569 accordin tae the 2007 population census.[2]
As a chairtered ceety (ras gez astedader), Addis Ababa haes the status o baith a ceety an a state. It is whaur the African Union an its predecessor the OAU are based. Addis Ababa is therefore aften referred tae as "the poleetical caipital o Africae", due tae its historical, diplomatic an poleetical significance for the continent.[3] The ceety is populatit bi fowk frae different regions o Ethiopie – the kintra haes as mony as 80 naitionalities speakin 80 leids an belangin tae a wide variety o releegious communities. It is hame tae Addis Ababa University. The Federation o African Societies o Chemistry (FASC) an Horn o Africae Press Institute (HAPI) are an aa heidquartered in Addis Ababa.