/Jn uvcr111Ji(~l111ing r101;1,J,11ion 0;.,f Ethiopia depends on land 1(1 muk« er Jiv112x. However the full resource oflcnu! was no/ properly used and managed due to lack of appropriat« land ;10/ic{ and land administration system .For the pasi many decades there wa.~ 110 land udministration institution dt!afing 1·11i/f1 {and administration SYSl<~l11 in ihC C(IU'1if:V. The formal lane/ administration .-..;'>-'·"·1e1n m Lthiopu. 1s a recent experience. The direction f~/'1he c:u1·,·e11J !t1,.:G! r1oiil:V of the country shows, a distinction between rural 011d urban land administration and the main reason jrH such kind of/and administration system is not clearly identified. Some scholars tried to point oui that rural land i.• differelll from urban {and in its value, use and land administration systems. Mon' ova .11os1 ofthe national researchersfocused on laud tenure issues and give little attention to land administraiian system. Recenuy the formal process and principles at land administration s:vstems ore practicing' in rural than in Urban are,is ofth« region hut thi» do 1101111111.111 urban land is le]: with out a11y !01111 administratlon policies and tnstiunlons. These 1wo lam! administration systems lack: coordination iit policies l111d technical activities. On lite other hand fh(~ CUt·01f1)1 {IS well as the region ·s .. tature development strategies .'h01'1lS a ,f:t014Ji11g concern in rural urban imerrelauon in all development aspects. These development activities directly' or indirectly need land and proper land administration system, which can accommodates both rural and urban land users interest. This thesis aims It'> widen the co11ce1J1 of land administration system hy· describing tire effeaiveness of the rum! and urban land administrotion oj tlie region. th« possible reasons for the existing separated land administration system in rural and urban, the theoretical framework. and the principles of land administration system which co11 i11tiicate what the system lack and have. ,\RSTnACT Fina/I;~ this thesis auempts to conclude la-u! admlnissratlon .'IJ·Sten1 which is 1;011111;.:1r1 10 rura' and urban areas <>f' the rnunti)' wiil he possible i11 ihi? region as well us in the coumry {'lS long as the couniry 's human resource, infrastructure developnum: and improvements ojexisting land policies <111d laws are in place.