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COUNTRY FACTS: ERITREA
Name(official): State of Eritrea
Name(short): Eritrea
Capital City: Asmara
Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan. Click to enlarge map of eritrea
Map of Eritrea
Coordinate: 15 00 N, 39 00 E.
Independence: (From Ethiopia) May 24th; 1993.
President: ISAIAS Afworki
Type of Government: Transitional
Total Area: 121 320 sq.km.
Population: 4 786 994
People: Tigrinya50%, Tigre abd Kunama 40%, Afar4%, Saho(Red Sea coast dwellers)3%, other3%.
Religion: Muslim, Coptic christians, Roman catholic, Protestants
Languages: Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages.
Literacy: 58.6%total, 69.9%male, 47.6%female (2003 est.)
Currency: nakfa (ERN)
GDP(per capita): $1 000 (2005 est.)
Arable Land: 4.78 (2005 est.)
Agriculture: Sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn, cotton, tobacco, coffee, sisal, livestock, goat, fish.
Natural resources: Gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, possibly oil and natural gas, fish.
Embassy in Japan: Embassy of the State of Eritrea,
Chancery: Shiroganedai ST Building, Room 401, 4-7-4, Shiroganedai, Minato-ku.
Post Code: 108-0071, Tel. 03-5791-1815
Embassy of the State of Eritrea
General Info:
International Phone Code: +291


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MAJOR CITIES

Asmara, keren.

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GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

6 regions (zobatat, singular - zoba); Anseba, Debub (Southern), Debubawi K'eyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea), Gash Barka, Ma'akel (Central), Semenawi Keyih Bahri (Northern Red Sea).

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