Talk:Regions of Ethiopia

message: I'm not sure that the map image is public domain.  The UN does place a copyright notice on its main website, though this is not the same UN website from which the image came.  See WP:CP. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 9 July 2005 18:31 (UTC)
*I found another map of the subdivisions at the website of a different U.N. agency. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. website contains an explicit copyright statement that appears to me to allow for public domain use of this black & white map. The map is posted at :Image:EthiopiaRegionsBW.gif with the UN image copyright tag. I'll let someone else add it if they feel it meets the copyright standards and would be a useful addition. -- Jaded Thea (talk) 10:41, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: UN Map

message: It appears that Harari consists mostly of the city of Harar. Does anyone happen to know why it was made a region, rather than a chartered city like Addis Ababa or Dire Dawa? I know Harar is much smaller than the other two in terms of population.  -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 15:12, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: My guess is that this is because the city is the home of the Harari people, unusual (at least in Ethiopia) in that they are an urban ethnicity.  (Non-Hararis also live in the city.) -- MikeGasser (talk) 03:43, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I figured that's why it wasn't simply part of the surrounding Oromia Region. Harari (the region) does not appear to be much bigger than Harar (the city) and its immediate environs. But I guess the 2 chartered cities weren't drawn up along ethnic lines like the regions, so that's why Harar wasn't a chartered city...? -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 05:15, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Harari 

message: Presently two tiny articles. Combining them would produce one, more interesting article. Hult041956 22:10, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, easily added into the list. --Golbez 22:21, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't agree. Expanding both articles would produce two interesting articles, just like there is an article about U.S. States (U.S. state) and about U.S. state flags (Flags of the U.S. states). Of course those articles are much longer, but I hope the article about Ethiopian flags will become longer in the near future. NL-Ninane (talk) 14:38, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Til someone is prepared to expand the flags article, it would be best to merge it, and then split it when someone is willing. Merging is not a permanent thing. --Golbez (talk) 20:33, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see a reason for the merging. They are separate, and the flags would show up with the region article. Rarelibra (talk) 22:01, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggest merging the regional flags 

message: Hi, I have started a conversation at Talk:Tigray Region#How big is Tigray? that may be relevant to this page. Tdslk (talk) 00:20, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  How big is Tigray? 

message: On January 5, 2022, user  proposed Subdivisions of Ethiopia  to be merged into Regions of Ethiopia . The editor didn't provide any reason, nor started a discussion. Here is a new section to discuss it. I have changed both article tags to point to this discussion. Platonk (talk) 06:19, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: For these reasons, I oppose a merger. Platonk (talk) 06:41, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger discussion 

message: Hello. Following the 2023 South Ethiopia Region referendum, a new region is bound to be created this year. Aréat (talk) 15:10, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  New region this year