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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. |
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- Official Name State of Eritrea
- Population 4,996,204
- Capital City Asmara (pop. 514,000)
- Currency Nakfa
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- Languages Arabic, Tigrinya and other dialects
- Religions Christian, Muslim, others
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- Land Area 93,680 sq km (36,170 sq miles)
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- Latitude/Longitude 15º 00 N, 39º 00 E
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The government has recently started a twenty year plan to develop the country's tourist industry. However, that development is hampered by drought, political instability, and on-and-off wars.
In addition, landmines and unexploded ordnance remain a serious problem throughout the country. There are reports of accidents and numerous incidents where vehicles and people occasionally detonate mines.
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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
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A young girl, Eritrea
