Mexico Square

{{Short description|Traffic circle in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia}}

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Mexico Square is a traffic circle in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia named after the country of Mexico. After the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Mexico was one of only five countries that refused to recognize Italy's annexation of Ethiopia. Mexican support for an independent Ethiopia was a key event in Ethiopia–Mexico relations.

The Addis Ababa Light Rail system has an overpass over Mexico Square.{{cite news |url=https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2015/10/29/riding-the-rails-in-addis-ababa/ |title= Riding the rails in Addis Ababa |first=Emmanuel K. |last=Dogbevi |date=29 October 2015 |website=Ghana Business News |access-date=30 September 2016}} In 2013, much of the square was demolished to make way for the train.{{cite web |url=http://addisfortune.net/columns/how-ethio-mexico-diplomacy-lost-its-icons-carelessly/ |title=How Ethio-Mexico Diplomacy Lost Its Icons Carelessly |last=Woldegebriel |first=Yohannes |date=24 November 2013 |website=Addis Fortune |access-date=30 September 2016}} Mexico station is located about 500 meters to the east of the traffic circle.

There was a corresponding Ethiopia Square in Mexico City, which was also the location of a traffic circle.{{cite book|last1=Vestal|first1=Theodore M.|title=The Lion of Judah in the New World Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and the Shaping of Americans' Attitudes Toward Africa|date=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Westport|isbn=9780313386213}} Ethiopia Square was replaced by a metro station, Metro Etiopía.