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ERITREA
State of Eritrea
ሃገረ ኤርትራ
Hagere Ertra
دولة إرتريا
Dawlat IritrīyaAnthem: Ertra, Ertra, Ertra
Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea: Capital
(and largest city) Asmara 15°20′N 38°55′E /
15.333°N 38.917°E / 15.333;
38.917
Official language(s) Tigrinya, Arabic, English Other languages
Tigre, Saho, Bilen, Afar, Kunama, Nara, Hedareb,.
Ethnic groups 60% Tigrinya, 30% Tigre, 4% Afar, 3% Saho, 3% Kunama:
Demonym Eritrean
Government Provisional government - President Isaias Afewerki:
Independence - From Italy November 1941 - From United Kingdom under
UN Mandate 1951 - from Ethiopia de facto 24 May 1991 - From Ethiopia de
jure 24 May 1993
Area - Total 117,600 km2 (100th)
45,405 sq mi - Water (%) 0.14%
Population - 2009 estimate 5,224,000[4] (109th) - 2008 census
5,291,370 - Density 43.1/km2 (165th)
111.7/sq mi GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate - Total $3.625 billion[5] - Per
capita
$681[5] GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate - Total $2.117 billion[5] - Per
capita $397[5] HDI (2007) steady 0.472 (low) (165th)
Currency Nakfa (ERN) Time zone EAT (UTC+3) -
Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3)
Drives on the right
ISO 3166 code ER
Internet TLD .er
Calling code 291
1 ,. National TV: Eritrea Television (ERI-TV Live)
Eritrea (play /ˌɛrɨˈtreɪ.ə/ or /ˌɛrɨˈtriːə/;[6] Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā,
Arabic: إرتريا Iritrīyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country
in the Horn of Africa. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan
in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The
northeast and east of the country has an extensive coastline on the Red
Sea, directly across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The Dahlak
Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands are part of Eritrea.
Eritrea's size is approximately 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi) with an
estimated population of 6 million...
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Wikipedia
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