This State Department web site is a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to January 20, 2001. Please see the current site for material released since that date. Contact us with any questions about finding information. T his embassy is in the capital of Ethiopia, located on the horn of Africa. The country, about the combined size of Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, is bordered by Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, and Eritrea.
Terrain consists of high plateau, mountains, and dry lowland plains.
In 1994 Ethiopia adopted a democratic constitution and, following parliamentary elections last year, installed a federal government. The economy is rooted in subsistence agriculture. The United States remains one of Ethiopia's largest donors of aid. Foreign Service people there are featured as part of State's continuing series.