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Federations of the World

Federations of the World

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Ethiopia
Federalism first introduced in 1952
Current federal Constitution adopted in 1994
Official Website of the federal government of Ethiopia

 

Official name    Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Population 61 672 000 (1999 est.)
Capital Addis Ababa

 

Constituent units

 

Constitutional distribution of power

 

Legislative institutions

 

Official language

The Constitution states that Amharic is the working language of the Federal Government. It also stipulates that each state may by law determine its working language(s). More than 80 languages and 200 dialects are spoken in Ethiopia.

 

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