Addis Ababa (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ^? Addis Abäba, IPA: [ädˈdis ˈäbəbä], “new flower”; Oromo: Finfinne, [fɪnˈfɪ́n.nɛ́] "Natural Spring(s)"), sometimes spelled Addis Abeba (the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority), is the capital city of Ethiopia. It is the largest city in Ethiopia, with a population of 3,384,569 according to the 2007 population census with annual growth rate of 3.8%.