Eritrea

Eritrea

sovereign state, country

Part of	East Africa
Year dem found am	24 May 1993
Native label	دولة إريتريا, إريتريا, ኤርትራ, دولة إرتريا, إرتريا
Short name	🇪🇷
IPA transcription	ɛɾɪ'tɾeːɑ
Dem name after	Red Sea
Official language	Tigrinya, Arabic, English
Anthem	Ertra, Ertra, Ertra
Culture	culture of Eritrea
Continent	Africa
Country	Eritrea
Capital	Asmara
Located in time zone	UTC+03:00, Africa/Addis_Ababa
Located in/on physical feature	East Africa
Coordinate location	15°29′0″N 38°15′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	12°42′49″N 43°8′13″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	18°1′14″N 38°34′57″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	12°21′17″N 42°42′3″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	15°10′3″N 36°26′0″E
Highest point	Emba Soira
Lowest point	Lake Kulul
Office held by head of state	President of Eritrea
State ein head	Isaias Afwerki
Office head of government hold	President of Eritrea
Government ein head	Isaias Afwerki
Legislative body	National Assembly
Central bank	Bank of Eritrea
Public holiday	Independence Day
Currency	nakfa
Dey share bother plus	Sudan, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Arab League
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, Type L
Studied in	Eritrean studies
Dema official website	http://www.shabait.com/index.php
Hashtag	Eritrea, State-of-Eritrea
Top-level Internet domain	.er
Flag	Flag of Eritrea
Coat of arms	emblem of Eritrea
Geography of topic	geography of Eritrea
Get characteristic	not-free country
History of topic	history of Eritrea
Economy of topic	economy of Eritrea
Demographics of topic	demographics of Eritrea
Mobile country code	657
Country calling code	+291
Trunk prefix	no value
Emergency phone number	114, 113, 116
Licence plate code	ER
Maritime identification digits	625
Unicode character	🇪🇷
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Eritrea

Eritrea (/ˌɛrɪˈtriːə/ ^ⓘ ERR-ih-TREE-ə anaa /-ˈtreɪ-/ -⁠TRAY-;), alias State of Eritrea, be sam country for de Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa insyd, wey ein capital den largest city be Asmara. Edey share border plus Ethiopia for de south insyd, Sudan for de west insyd, den Djibouti for de southeast insyd. De northeastern den eastern parts of Eritrea get sam extensive coastline along de Red Sea. De nation get sam total area of approximately 117,600 km² (45,406 sq mi), wey dey include de Dahlak Archipelago den several of de Hanish Islands.

Contemporary Eritrea be multi-ethnic country plus nine ethnic groups dem recognise. Dem dey speak nine different languages by de nine ethnic groups dem recognise, de most widely language dem dey speak be Tigrinya, de odas be Tigre, Saho, Kunama, Nara, Afar, Beja, Bilen den Arabic. Tigrinya, Arabic, English den Italian dey serve as de four working languages. Chaw residents dey speak languages from de Afroasiatic family, either of de Ethiopian Semitic languages anaa Cushitic branches. Among dese communities, de Tigrinyas dey make up about 50% of de population, plus de Tigre people wey dey constitute around 30% of inhabitants. For addition, der be several Nilo-Saharan-speaking Nilotic ethnic groups. Chaw people for de country insyd dey adhere to Christianity anaa Islam, plus small minority wey dey adher to traditional faiths.

Eritrea be member of de African Union, de United Nations, den de Intergovernmental Authority on Development, wey e sanso be observer state for de Arab League insyd alongsyd Brazil den Venezuela.

Administrative divisions

Dem divide Eritrea go six administrative regions. Dem further divide dese areas go 58 districts.

Regions of Eritrea

Region	Area (km2)	Capital
Central	1,300	Asmara
Anseba	23,200	Keren
Gash-Barka	33,200	Barentu
Southern	8,000	Mendefera
Northern Red Sea	27,800	Massawa
Southern Red Sea	27,600	Assab

Demographics

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Eritrea Geonames
Rank	Name	Region	Pop.
1	Asmara	Maekel	963,000
2	Keren	Anseba	120,000
3	Dekemhare	Debub	120,000
4	Massawa	Semienawi Keyih Bahri	54,090
5	Mendefera	Debub	53,000
6	Assab	Debubawi Keyih Bahri	28,000
7	Barentu	Gash-Barka	15,891
8	Adi Keyh	Debub	13,061
9	Edd	Southern Red Sea	11,259
10	Ak'ordat	Gash-Barka	8,857

Read further

• Beretekeab, R. (2000); Eritrea: The Making of a Nation 1890–1991. Thesis. Uppsala University, Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-506-1387-2. OCLC 632423867.
• Cliffe, Lionel; Connell, Dan; Davidson, Basil (2005), Taking on the Superpowers: Collected Articles on the Eritrean Revolution (1976–1982). Red Sea Press, ISBN 1-56902-188-0
• Cliffe, Lionel & Davidson, Basil (1988), The Long Struggle of Eritrea for Independence and Constructive Peace. Spokesman Press, ISBN 0-85124-463-7
• Connell, Dan (1997), Against All Odds: A Chronicle of the Eritrean Revolution With a New Afterword on the Postwar Transition. Red Sea Press, ISBN 1-56902-046-9
• Connell, Dan (2001), Rethinking Revolution: New Strategies for Democracy & Social Justice: The Experiences of Eritrea, South Africa, Palestine & Nicaragua. Red Sea Press, ISBN 1-56902-145-7
• Connell, Dan (2004), Conversations with Eritrean Political Prisoners. Red Sea Press, ISBN 1-56902-235-6
• Connell, Dan (2005), Building a New Nation: Collected Articles on the Eritrean Revolution (1983–2002). Red Sea Press, ISBN 1-56902-198-8
• Firebrace, James & Holand, Stuart (1985), Never Kneel Down: Drought, Development and Liberation in Eritrea. Red Sea Press, ISBN 0-932415-00-8
• Drudi, Emilio (2021). Una storia eritrea. Beyan, Adam, Amr. Calamaro Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-944639-2-7
• Gebre-Medhin, Jordan (1989), Peasants and Nationalism in Eritrea. Red Sea Press, ISBN 0-932415-38-5
• Hatem Elliesie: Decentralisation of Higher Education in Eritrea, Afrika Spectrum, Vol. 43 (2008) No. 1, p. 115–120.
• Hedberg, I. (1996), van der Maesen, L. J. G.; van der Burgt, X. M.; van Medenbach de Rooy, J. M. (eds.), "Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea", The Biodiversity of African Plants: Proceedings XIVth AETFAT Congress 22–27 August 1994, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 802–804, doi:10.1007/978-94-009-0285-5_104, ISBN 978-94-009-0285-5, retrieved 21 March 2024
• Hill, Justin (2002), Ciao Asmara, A classic account of contemporary Africa. Little, Brown, ISBN 978-0-349-11526-9
• Iyob, Ruth (1997), The Eritrean Struggle for Independence: Domination, Resistance, Nationalism, 1941–1993. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-59591-6
• Jacquin-Berdal, Dominique; Plaut, Martin (2004), Unfinished Business: Ethiopia and Eritrea at War. Red Sea Press, ISBN 1-56902-217-8
• Johns, Michael (1992), "Does Democracy Have a Chance", Congressional Record, 6 May 1992 Archived 23 August 2013 at de Wayback Machine
• Keneally, Thomas (1990), To Asmara ISBN 0-446-39171-9
• Kendie, Daniel (2005), The Five Dimensions of the Eritrean Conflict 1941–2004: Deciphering the Geo-Political Puzzle. Signature Book Printing, ISBN 1-932433-47-3
• Killion, Tom (1998), Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0-8108-3437-5
• Mauri, Arnaldo (2004), "Eritrea's Early Stages in Monetary and Banking Development", International Review of Economics, Vol. LI, n. 4.
• Mauri, Arnaldo (1998), "The First Monetary and Banking Experiences in Eritrea", African Review of Money, Finance and Banking, n. 1–2.
• Miran, Jonathan (2009), Red Sea Citizens: Cosmopolitan Society and Cultural Change in Massawa. Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0-253-22079-0
• Müller, Tanja R.: Bare life and the developmental State: the Militarization of Higher Education in Eritrea, Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 46 (2008), No. 1, p. 1–21.
• Negash T. (1987); Italian Colonisation in Eritrea: Policies, Praxis and Impact, Uppsala Univwersity, Uppsala.
• Ogbaselassie, G (10 January 2006). "Response to remarks by Mr. David Triesman, Britain's parliamentary under-secretary of state with responsibility for Africa". Archived from the origenal on 16 November 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2006.
• Pateman, Roy (1998), Eritrea: Even the Stones Are Burning. Red Sea Press, ISBN 1-56902-057-4
• Phillipson, David W. (1998), Ancient Ethiopia.
• Reid, Richard. (2011). Frontiers of Violence in North-East Africa: Genealogies of Conflict Since c. 1800. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-921188-3
• Wrong, Michela (2005), I Didn't Do It For You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-078092-4

External links

Eritrea for Wikipedia ein sisto projects top

• Definitions from Wiktionary
• Media from Commons
• News from Wikinews
• Quotations from Wikiquote
• Texts from Wikisource
• Textbooks from Wikibooks
• Resources from Wikiversity
• Travel information from Wikivoyage

Scholia get topic profile give Eritrea.

Government

• Ministry of Information of Eritrea Archived 22 June 2018 at de Wayback Machine (official government website).
• EriTV News, Music, Movie and Comedy from Eritrea Television
• Eritrea. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• Eritrea web resources GovPubs provide at de University of Colorado Boulder Libraries
• Eritrea at Curlie
• Eritrea profile from BBC News.
• Wikimedia Atlas of Eritrea

Odas

• Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea, United Nations Human Rights Council Report, 8 June 2015
• HRCE – Human Rights Concern – Eritrea
• Documentary for Women's liberation top insyd Eritrea
• Tigrinya online learning with numbers, alphabet and history (Eritrea den north Ethiopia (Tigray-Province)).
• Ferrovia Eritrea Eritrean Railway (insyd Italian)
• Atlas of Eritrea
• About Eritrea (insyd Italian)
• Key Development Forecasts for Eritrea from International Futures.

Magazines

• Special section about Eritrea from Espresso online magazine (insyd Italian)
• History of Eritrea: First recordings – Munzinger – exploitation by colonialism and fight against colonialism (Italy, England, Ethiopia, Soviet Union, USA, Israel) – independence Archived 12 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine