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  1. Date of Independence: independent for over 2,000 years
  2. Date of Current Constitution: December 1994
  3. Population: 59,680,383 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 437,794 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Addis Ababa
  6. Form of Government: federal republic
  7. Main Industries: textiles, food processing, chemicals
  8. Agriculture: coffee, oilseeds, cereals
  9. Natural Resources: platinum, copper, potash, gold, salt 
  10. Currency: birr
  11. GDP:  $32.9 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per capita: $560 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Amharic (official) Tigrinya, Orominga
  14. Religions: Muslim, Christian (Ethiopian Orthodox), indigenous beliefs
  15. Literacy Rate: 36%
  16. Life Expectancy:    39 years (male)
  17.                 42 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 44 per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 21 per 1,000 population