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Arabic (' or ' ) is a Central Semitic language that was first spoken in Iron Age northwestern Arabia and is now the " lingua franca " of the ___MASK6___ world . Arabic also is a liturgical language of 1 . 7 billion Muslims . It is one of six official languages of the United Nations . It is named after the Arabs , a term initially used to describe peoples living from Mesopotamia in the east to the Anti - ___MASK58___ mountains in the west , and from northwestern Arabia to the Sinai in the south . The Horn of Africa (, " yäafrika qänd ", " al - qarn al -' afrq ") ( shortened to HOA ) is a peninsula in Northeast Africa . It juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden . The area is the easternmost projection of the African continent . The Horn of Africa denotes the region containing the countries of ___MASK85___ , ___MASK56___ , Ethiopia , and ___MASK12___ . Origins . " Amir ", meaning " Lord " or " commander - in - chief ", is derived from the Arabic root "", " command ". Originally simply meaning commander - in - chief or leader , usually in reference to a group of people , it came to be used as a title for governors or rulers , usually in smaller states , and in modern Arabic is analogous to the English word " prince ". The word entered English in 1593 , from the French " émir ". It was one of the titles or names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . Hararghe ( Harari :  , Oromo : " Harargee ") was a province in the eastern part of ___MASK33___ , with its capital in Harar . Including ___MASK33___ ' s part of the Ogaden , Haraghe was bounded on the south by Sidamo , southwest by Arsi , west by Shewa , northwest by Wollo , northeast by French ___MASK24___ , and on the east by ___MASK12___ . ___MASK33___ ('), officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of ___MASK33___ "' (     , " yetiyoya Fdralaw Dmokirasyaw Rpebilk " ), is a country located in the Horn of Africa . It shares borders with ___MASK56___ to the north and northeast , Djibouti and ___MASK12___ to the east , Sudan and South Sudan to the west , and Kenya to the south . With nearly 100 million inhabitants , ___MASK33___ is the most populous landlocked country in the world , as well as the second - most populous nation on the African continent after Nigeria . It occupies a total area of , and its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa . Sabr ad - Din II ( died 1422 or 1423 ) was a Sultan of Adal and the oldest son of Sa ' ad ad - Din II . Trimingham tersely states that Sabr ad - Din returned to the Horn of Africa from ___MASK26___ to reclaim his father ' s ___MASK31___ , but was defeated in battle by the Emperor of Ethiopia Yeshaq . Harar , formerly written Harrar and known to its inhabitants as G , is a walled city in eastern ___MASK33___ . It was formerly the capital of Hararghe and now the capital of the modern Harari Region of ___MASK33___ . The city is located on a hilltop in the eastern extension of the Ethiopian Highlands , about five hundred kilometers from Addis Ababa at an elevation of 1 , 885 meters . Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005 , Harar had an estimated total population of 122 , 000 , of whom 60 , 000 were males and 62 , 000 were females . According to the census of 1994 , on which this estimate is based , the city had a population of 76 , 378 . Addis Ababa (' , " new flower " " Natural Spring ( s )") or Addis Abeba ( the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority ), is the capital and largest city of ___MASK33___ . It has a population of 3 , 384 , 569 according to the 2007 population census , with annual growth rate of 3 . 8 %. This number has been increased from the originally published 2 , 738 , 248 figure and appears to be still largely underestimated . Zeila , also known as Zaila , is a port city in the northwestern Salal region of ___MASK12___ . The Sultanate of Ifat was a medieval Muslim state in the eastern regions of the Horn of Africa between the late 13th century and early 15th century . Led by the Walashma dynasty , it was centered in ancient city of Zeila and Shewa . The kingdom ruled over parts of what are now eastern ___MASK33___ , ___MASK85___ and northern ___MASK24___ . The Adal Sultanate or Kingdom of Adal ( alt . spelling Adel Sultanate ) was a multi - ethnic medieval Muslim state located in the Horn of Africa . It was founded by Sabr ad - Din II after the fall of Sultanate of Ifat . The kingdom flourished from around 1415 to 1577 . The sultanate and state was established by the inhabitants of the Harar Plateau . The Central Statistical Agency ( CSA ; Amh .:    ) is an agency of the government of ___MASK33___ designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth , as well as to act as an official training center in that field . It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and Economic Development . The Director General of the CSA is Samia Zekaria . Before 9 March 1989 the CSA was known as the Central Statistical Office ( CSO ). The Ethiopian Highlands is a rugged mass of mountains in ___MASK33___ , situated in the Horn region in Northeast Africa . It forms the largest continuous area of its altitude in the continent , with little of its surface falling below 1500 m ( 4 , 921 ft ), while the summits reach heights of up to 4550 m ( 14 , 928 ft ). It is sometimes called the Roof of Africa due to its height and large area . Most of the Ethiopian Highlands are part of central and northern ___MASK33___ , and its northernmost portion reaches into ___MASK56___ . Harari ( Harari :  ) officially Harari People ' s National Regional State ( Harari :     ), is one of the nine ethnically - based regional states (" kililoch ") of ___MASK33___ , covering the homeland of the Harari people . Formerly named Region 13 , its capital is Harar . It has the smallest land area of the Ethiopian regional states . Mahfuz ( or Mohammed ) ( Somali : Mahfuuz , Arabic :   ) ( died July 1517 ) was an Emir of the city of Harar , and later a Governor of Zeila in the Adal Sultanate . ___MASK12___ ( '), officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK12___ , is a country located in the Horn of Africa . It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west , Djibouti to the northwest , the Gulf of Aden to the north , the Indian Ocean to the east , and Kenya to the southwest . ___MASK12___ has the longest coastline on Africa ' s mainland , and its terrain consists mainly of plateaus , plains and highlands . Climatically , hot conditions prevail year - round , with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall .