Local time
Sun, 2:45 PM GMT+3Africa/Addis_AbabaCityCapital
Addis Ababa
9.04° N, 38.70° E
- Population
- 3,100,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 22
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 22 cities of Ethiopia in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Ethiopia, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Addis Ababa, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Addis Ababa have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Meaning "new flower" in Amharic, Addis Ababa received its name from Empress Taitu in 1887, when she gave it to the new capital city.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person