High plateau, mountains, dry lowland plains. Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast by the Red Sea, on the east by Djibouti and Somalia, on the south by Kenya, and on the west and northwest by Sudan. Elevation is generally highest just before the point of descent to the Great Rift Valley, which splits the plateau diagonally. The plateau gradually slopes to the lowlands of the Sudan on the west and the Somali-inhabited plains to the southeast. The climate is temperate on the plateau and hot in the lowlands.
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Most of its people speak a Semitic or Cushitic language. The Amhara, Tigreans, and Oromo make up more than three-fourths of the population, but there are more than 40 different ethnic groups within Ethiopia. In general, most of the Christians live in the highlands, while Muslims and adherents of traditional African religions inhabit lowland regions. English is the most widely spoken foreign language and the major one taught in schools. Green, yellow, and red horizontal stripes from top to bottom.