Ethiopian Birr Wiki
The Ethiopian Birr is the official currency of Ethiopia. The currency code for Ethiopian Birr is ETB and the currency symbol is Br.
The Ethiopian Birr (sign: Br; code: ETB) is the currency of Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian Birr (ETB) is used as the official currency in Ethiopia.
The capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, uses the Ethiopian Birr as its currency.
About the Ethiopian Birr
The birr (Amharic: ብር) is the primary unit of currency in Ethiopia. It is subdivided into 100 santims.
In 1931 Haile Selassie I, the Emperor of Ethiopia, formally requested that the international community use the name Ethiopia (as it had already been known internally for at least 1,600 years) instead of the exonym Abyssinia, and the issuing Bank of Abyssinia also became the Bank of Ethiopia. Thus, the pre-1931 currency may be referred to as the Abyssinian birr and the post-1931 currency the Ethiopian birr, although neither the country nor the currency changed beyond the name.
186 billion birr ($14.7 billion or €9.97 billion) were in circulation in 2008.
With currencyconverts.com, you can convert Ethiopian Birr (Br) to any other foreign currency. To convert a certain amount of Ethiopian Birr, use the currency converter. This page provides free online information about currency conversion or exchange rates for world fiat currencies. The exchange rate for Ethiopian Birr is calculated from the mid-market real price and updates daily. Usually, people search for the ETB exchange rate before business travel to Ethiopia or during a trip to other countries, and want to check the rate of Ethiopian Birr in local money. On this page, you can convert Ethiopian Birr to main foreign currencies, get fast access to the most commonly used amounts of ETB, or alternatively calculate any amount of Ethiopian Birr in other fiat money.