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About Ethiopia

Ethiopia is part of the continent of Africa. The Capital of Ethiopia is: Addis Ababa. Capital timezone is: Africa/Addis_Ababa. Currency is: Birr.
Language Codes of Ethiopia : am,en-ET,om-ET,ti-ET,so-ET,sid
Languages speak in Ethiopia : Oromo (official working language in the State of Oromiya) 33.8%, Amharic (official national language) 29.3%, Somali (official working language of the State of Sumale) 6.2%, Tigrigna (Tigrinya) (official working language of the State of Tigray) 5.9%, Sidamo 4%, Wolaytta 2.2%, Gurage 2%, Afar (official working language of the State of Afar) 1.7%, Hadiyya 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Opuuo 1.2%, Kafa 1.1%, other 8.1%, English (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (2007 est.)
ISO Alpha-2 Code of Ethiopia is : ET
ISO Alpha-3 Code of Ethiopia is : ETH
ISO 3166-1 numeric (or numeric-3) Code of Ethiopia is : 231
ISD Code of Ethiopia is : +251
FIPS (Federal Information Processing System) Code is : ET
E.164 (The international telephone numbering plan) : 251
The top label domain of the Ethiopia is : .et
Internet host in Ethiopia is : 179
Internet users in Ethiopia is : 447300
Mobile phones in Ethiopia is : 20524000
Landline phone in Ethiopia is : 797500
Area of Ethiopia is : 1127127 KM2
GEO Name ID Ethiopia is : 337996
GDP of Ethiopia is : $47340000000

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General Information About SWIFT / BIC Code


What is SWIFT/BIC Code?

SWIFT codes means Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication Code. The Swift/BIC code is used to identify a particular branch of a bank or financial institution & it'll help you to transfer money internationaly and executor for cross-border payments.

The length of the Swift Code is either eight or eleven digits & combination of couple of letters & numbers. The first four charecter of the swift code is bank code, next two digits is country code, next two digits is location code & last three digits is optional & it's help to identify the specific bank branch.

Financial institutions worldwide have the option to become part of SWIFT’s network. They provide messaging systems and use the latest technology to ensure safe and expedient international commerce.

What is Swift code used for?

These codes are used when transferring money between banks, particularly for international wire transfers. Banks also use these codes for exchanging messages between them.

Example: Breakdown of SWIFT/BIC Code

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B

C

D

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6

7

Bank Code

Country ISO Code

Location Code

Branch Code
(Optional)