Subdivisions of Ethiopia

Ethiopia

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Ethiopia has the following administrative divisions:

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Regions and chartered cities

The 9 regions or killoch are based on ethnic territoriality:

Additionally there are two chartered cities:

Zones

The regions are subdivided in 68 zones.

Woreda

Woreda or districts are smaller subdivisions.

Kebele

Kebele is the name of municipalities in Ethiopia. They are the smallest administrative division.

Former provinces

Between 1942 and 1991, Ethiopia was divided in 13 provinces. Earlier also other provinces existed as well.