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Where is Ethiopia?

Ethiopia is a country in Horn of Africa.

Ethiopia in gold; its neighbours are lighter. Drawn from the outlines the game uses.
Type
Country
Continent
Africa
Region
Horn of Africa
Land borders
6: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan
Coast
None. Ethiopia is landlocked.
Area
About 1.1 million km² on the game’s map
Hemispheres
Northern; Eastern
Capital city
9.03° N, 38.74° E

About Ethiopia

The Ethiopian calendar has twelve months of 30 days and a thirteenth of five or six, running seven to eight years behind the Gregorian. Kaffa province in the south-west is the traditional home of arabica. The eleven churches of Lalibela were hewn from solid rock, roofs at ground level.

Clues from Atlas Daily

Round 3 on 6 September 2026 (#5), hardest clue first:

  1. A highland nation that kept its independence through the colonial scramble and follows a 13-month calendar.
  2. Coffee was first cultivated in its forests, according to tradition, and bears the name of one of its regions.
  3. It defeated an Italian invasion at Adwa in 1896.
  4. Rock churches were carved downward into the ground at Lalibela in the 12th century.

Round 1 on 13 September 2026 (#12), hardest clue first:

  1. A highland nation that kept its independence through the colonial scramble and follows a 13-month calendar.
  2. Coffee was first cultivated in its forests, according to tradition, and bears the name of one of its regions.
  3. It defeated an Italian invasion at Adwa in 1896.
  4. Rock churches were carved downward into the ground at Lalibela in the 12th century.

Round 3 on 22 September 2026 (#21), hardest clue first:

  1. A highland nation that kept its independence through the colonial scramble and follows a 13-month calendar.
  2. Coffee was first cultivated in its forests, according to tradition, and bears the name of one of its regions.
  3. It defeated an Italian invasion at Adwa in 1896.
  4. Rock churches were carved downward into the ground at Lalibela in the 12th century.

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Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Ethiopia. Borders, area and map from Natural Earth 1:50m outlines, the same ones the game uses.