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In developing regions, many preschool children are undernourished, become blind every year and died before the age of 23\u00a0months. This study was aimed to explore the spatial distribution of vitamin A rich foods intake among children aged 6\u201323\u00a0months and identify associated factors in Ethiopia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey 2019 dataset with a total 1407 children aged 6\u201323\u00a0months was used. Data management and processing were done using STATA version 15 software and Microsoft Office Excel. ArcMap version 10.7 software was used for mapping and spatial visualization of the distribution. Spatial scan statistics was performed using SaTScan version 9.5 software for Bernoulli-based model. Multilevel mixed effect logistic regression model was employed to identify associated factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall, 38.99% (95% CI: 36.46\u201341.62) of children aged 6\u2013 23\u00a0months took vitamin A rich foods. Poor intake of vitamin A rich foods was significantly clustered Dire Dawa city, Somali and Harari regions of Ethiopia. Children aged 6\u201323\u00a0months lived in the primary cluster were 70% (RR\u2009=\u20091.70,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>-value\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) more likely to intake vitamin A rich foods than children lived outside the window. In the multilevel mixed effect logistic regression analysis, Primary educational status (AOR:1.42, 95% CI: 1.05, 1.93) and higher educational status (AOR:3.0, 95% CI: 1.59, 5.65) of mother, Dire Dawa (AOR:0.49, 95% CI: 0.22, 1.12) city, Afar (AOR: 0.16, 95% CI: 0.07, 0.36), Amhara (AOR: 0.37, 95% CI: 0.19, 0.71) and Somali (AOR: 0.02, 95% CI: 0.003, 0.08) regions of Ethiopia, children aged 13\u201323\u00a0months (AOR: 1.80, 95% CI: 1.28, 2.36), Mothers\u2019 exposure to media (AOR: 1.41, 95% CI: 1.04, 1.92) were statistically significant factors for vitamin A rich foods intake among children aged 6\u201323\u00a0months.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Only 4 out of ten children took vitamin A rich foods which is too low compared to the national target and significantly clustered in Ethiopia. Mother\u2019s educational status, Region, Child age and Mother\u2019s media exposure are significant factors vitamin A rich foods intake. 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