Ethiopia

In older literature (eg: Dana) sometimes listed under the obsolete name "Abyssinia". Note also that some references to "Ethiopia" localities may now be in the newly (since 1993) independant Eritrea (qv).

Ethiopia is divided into nine kilil (states; name provinces on Mindat) and two astedader (administrations). Several changes of province names and areas have happened in the 1990s.

References:
- Ottemann, J. and Augusthitis, S.S. (1967) Geochemistry and origin of "platinum nuggets" in laterite covers from ultrabasic rocks and birbirites of W. Ethiopia. Mineral. Deposita: 1: 269-277.
- DE WIT M.J. & CHEWAKA S. (1981): Plate tectonic evolution of Ethiopia and origin of its mineral deposits: an overview. In S. CHEWAKA & M.J. DE WIT (eds). Plate Tectonics and Metallogenesis: Some Guide Lines to Ethiopian Mineral Deposits. Ethiopian Inst. Geol. Surv. Bull. 2:115-129.

- http://geoinfo.uneca.org/geoinfo/ethiopia/gse.html
- http://www.statoids.com/uet.html