_#Defense expenditures: $NA, 11% of GNP (FY81 est.) % @Ethiopia *Geography #_Total area: 1,221,900 km2; land area: 1,101,000 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Texas

_#_Land boundaries: 5,141 km total; Djibouti 459 km, Kenya 861 km, Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 2,221 km

_#_Coastline: 1,094 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Territorial sea: 12 nm

_#_Disputes: southern half of the boundary with Somalia is a Provisional Administrative Line; possible claim by Somalia based on unification of ethnic Somalis; territorial dispute with Somalia over the Ogaden; separatist movement in Eritrea; antigovernment insurgencies in Tigray and other areas

_#_Climate: tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation; some areas prone to extended droughts

_#_Terrain: high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley

_#_Natural resources: small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash