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Description

Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a federation. Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that ended in 1991 with Eritrean rebels defeating governmental forces; independence was overwhelmingly approved in a 1993 referendum.

A two-and-a-half-year border war with Ethiopia that erupted in 1998 ended under UN auspices in December 2000.

Eritrea currently hosts a UN peacekeeping operation that is monitoring a 25 km-wide Temporary Security Zone on the border with Ethiopia. An international commission, organized to resolve the border dispute, posted its findings in 2002 but final demarcation is on hold due to Ethiopian objections.

Facts and Figures

Official Name State of Eritrea

Capital City Asmara

Languages Arabic, Tigrinya and other dialects

Official Currency Nakfa

Religions Christian, Muslim, others

Population 4,786,994

Land Area 93,680 sq km (36,170 sq miles)



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Maps

Large (color) map here

African Continent (printable) here

African Continent by WorldAtlas, here

African Outline Map here

Eritrea Outline Map here

Eritrea Map, CIA version here

Eritrea Maps, University of Texas here

Recommended Links


Eritrea (Complete) info on the (GDP) economy, imports and exports, natural resources, government, population, military, transportation, and more here

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Climate Eritrea is a hot, dry desert strip along the Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually); semiarid in western hills and lowlands; with rainfall heaviest during June-September except in the coastal desert area.
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