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Section sizes Section size for Ethiopia (52 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 22,700 22,700 Etymology 5,393 5,393 History 79 56,559 Prehistory 10,753 10,753 Antiquity 5,546 5,546 Middle Ages 7,890 7,890 Early Modern Period (1632–1855) 2,707 2,707 Age of Imperialism (1855–1916) 6,992 6,992 Haile Selassie I era (1916–1974) 4,880 4,880 Derg era (1974–1991) 7,669 7,669 Federal Democratic Republic (1991–present) markup removed; cannot link (help) 10,043 10,043 Geography 2,778 16,590 Climate 6,067 6,067 Biodiversity 7,745 7,745 Government and politics 28 26,844 Government 4,920 4,920 Politics 8,114 8,114 Administrative divisions 1,160 1,160 Foreign relations 7,714 7,714 Military 2,331 2,331 Law enforcement 2,577 2,577 Economy 5,026 25,359 Energy and hydropower 3,055 3,055 Agriculture 2,130 2,130 Exports 8,488 8,488 Transport 1,789 1,789 Science and technology 4,871 4,871 Demographics 4,093 32,066 Urbanization 3,554 8,097 Rural and urban life 4,543 4,543 Languages 4,219 5,524 Script 1,305 1,305 Religion 3,689 3,689 Health 4,637 4,637 Education 6,026 6,026 Culture 1,174 38,597 Holidays 5,359 5,359 Art and architecture 5,520 5,520 Literature 7,685 7,685 Music 4,088 4,088 Calendar 3,164 3,164 Media 4,204 4,204 Cinema 2,561 2,561 Cuisine 2,802 2,802 Sport 2,040 2,040 See also 110 110 Notes 24 24 References 15 3,501 Citations 1,523 1,523 General sources 1,963 1,963 Further reading 4,305 4,305 External links 1,379 1,379 Total 233,427 233,427

Semi-protected edit request on 21 October 2024

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In the infobox, it says that the area is 429,000, but the paragraph says 472,000. Could someone change 429,000 to 472,000 in the infobox please? 2603:8080:D03:89D4:A12C:2B12:91E3:7B (talk) 23:36, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are a few different measurements of Ethiopia's area, so I've replaced both the paragraph and infobox stats with the one from The World Factbook to align it with the List of countries and dependencies by area. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 19:02, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ezana name change

Ezana does not change the name that so completely false. He mentions the Habashat as a people under his dominion not the axumites themselves and separates them from his own kingdom. The false narrative he adopts it for his own kingdom is demonstrably untrue 2A02:C7C:3617:3200:6503:A8E7:1852:8968 (talk) 18:27, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong information

In the "Ethiopian history" section, it says "in 1867 Ethiopia adopted the pan-African flag colors in support of pan-Africanist ideology." This is not true. Ethiopia was not a part of any "pan-Africanist" movement because they didn't exist back then. Also, the pan-Africanist ideology adopted the Ethiopian flag as their movement's colors, not the other way around. 2601:645:301:4730:508E:5AE8:8C23:6ABA (talk) 06:22, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 14 June 2025

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Please remove the highlighting on the 4th paragraph under the ‘Health’ subsection. Keep the text. Risingtiger2345 (talk) 12:17, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I have no idea why it was highlighted like that, since it is not standard article formatting. AndyTheGrump (talk) 12:34, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]