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Ethiopia is a country of 1.1 million square kilometres, and its regions are the answer to most questions of where something is: Oromia for the great highland middle, Afar for the hot lowlands of the north east, Somali for the whole of the south east. The list has been redrawn several times since 2020, so a map that is more than a few years old is missing regions and draws the old Southern Nations region where there are now four.
The regions (kilil) of Ethiopia, the first tier of the country: twelve regions and two chartered cities, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. Harari, around the walled city of Harar, is the smallest of them and sits inside Oromia.
The south is the part that changed. Sidama became a region in 2020. South West Ethiopia followed in 2021, and in 2023 what was left of the Southern Nations region split into Central Ethiopia and South Ethiopia. The four make up the "South" group, which is how the game lets you learn the new ones together.
The map also draws three disputed areas in the north, between Tigray and Amhara. Both regions claim them and the source does not give them to either, so the game does not either: they are one answer here, three in Ethiopia Zones, and they are drawn as part of Ethiopia. They are not a region.
The regions are the Ethiopia Zones grouped, so the borders of the two maps match exactly.
Oromia is the largest region by a small margin over Somali, and it surrounds Addis Ababa on every side.
Harari is a few hundred square kilometres around the old city of Harar in the east, entirely inside Oromia.
South Ethiopia was created in 2023 from the old Southern Nations region, around Arba Minch and the Omo valley down to the Kenyan border.
Twelve regions and two chartered cities, so 14, plus the disputed areas the map draws between Tigray and Amhara as a fifteenth answer.
It was split up. Sidama left in 2020, South West Ethiopia in 2021, and the rest became Central Ethiopia and South Ethiopia in 2023.
The zones, which number 107 on this map. They are their own quiz.
The tier below this one is Ethiopia Zones. For another country at this level, see Kenya Counties.
