Etiopiska webbkryss
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Oriental Orthodox Church branch of Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, romanized:Yä-ityopp'ya ortodoks täwahədo betä krəstiyan)[1] is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Christian churches in sub-Saharan Africa originating before European colonization of the continent,[5] the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church dates back to the Christianization of the Kingdom of Aksum in ,[6] and has between 36 million and 51 million adherents in Ethiopia.[2][3][4] It is a founding member of the World Council of Churches.[7] The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is in communion with the other Oriental Orthodox churches (the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the Syriac Orthodox Church).
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church had been administratively part of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria from the first half of the 4th century until , when it was granted autocephaly with its ow
Etiopien
- För den mytologiska platsen, se Aethiopien.
| Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ | ||
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| Nationalsång:Whedefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia | ||
| Huvudstad (även största stad) | Addis Abeba | |
| Officiellt språk | Amhariska är officiellt språk i landet. Afar, oromo, somaliska och tigrinska är officiella språk i enskilda delstater. | |
| Demonym | etiopier; etiopisk[1] | |
| Statsskick | Federalparlamentariskrepublik | |
| - | President | Taye Atske Selassie |
| - | Premiärminister | Abiy Ahmed Ali |
| Area | ||
| - | Totalt | 1km²[2](e) |
| - | Vatten(%) | 9,44[2] |
| Befolkning | ||
| - | (juli)års uppskattning | [3](e) |
| - | aårs folkräkning | 73[4][5] |
| - | Befolkningstäthet | 92,2 inv./km²(ca e) |
| BNP(PPP) | års beräkning | |
| - | Totalt | ▲ ,84 miljarder USD[6](e) |
| - | Per capita | ▲ 3 USD[6](e) |
| BNP (nominell) | års beräkning | |
| - | Totalt | ▲ miljarder USD[6](e) |
| - | Per capita | ▲ 1 USD[6](e) |
| HDI() | ▲ 0,[7](e) | |
| Valuta | birr () | |
| Tidszon | UTC+3[2] | |
| Topografi | ||