The Addis Ababa National Stadium () is also known as Adey Ababa Stadium will be a multi-purpose stadium, which can host

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and

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, in Bole, in eastern

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

. It will be the national stadium of the

Ethiopia national football team The Ethiopia national football team (Amharic: የአትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ እግር ኳስ ቡድን), nicknamed Walia, after the Walia ibex, represents Ethiopia in men's international football and is controlled by the Ethiopian Football ...

. The stadium will have a capacity of 60,000 and will be built by the

China State Construction Engineering The China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC; ) is a Chinese state-owned construction company headquartered in Beijing. It is the largest construction company in the world by revenue and the 8th largest general contractor in terms ...

. While the stadium itself will cover 37 hectares, development is planned around it, spanning across 60 hectares. The stadium includes

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and

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preferences, enabling it to host international matches.

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