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Eritrea

Debubawi Keyih BahriDebubSemenawi Keyih BahriGash BarkaMaekelAnsebaDebubawi Keyih BahriDebubSemenawi Keyih BahriGash BarkaMaekelAnsebaEthiopiaSudanSaudiArabiaYemenDjiboutiRed SeaIndian Ocean
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Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.

Eritrea won independence from Italian colonial control in 1941, but the UN only established it as an autonomous region within the Ethiopian federation in 1952, after a decade of British administrative control. Ethiopia's full annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later sparked a violent 30-year conflict for independence that ended in 1991 with Eritrean fighters defeating government forces. Eritreans overwhelmingly approved independence in a 1993 referendum. ISAIAS Afwerki has been Eritrea's only president since independence;

Capital
Asmara
Government
authoritarian
Population
6,416,435
Area
117,600 sq km
Location
Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan
Climate
hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually, heaviest…
Natural resources
gold; potash; zinc; copper; salt; possibly oil and natural gas…
Languages
Tigrinya (official); Arabic (official); English (official); Tigre…
Religions
Eritrean Orthodox; Roman Catholic; Evangelical Lutheran; Sunni Muslim
Independence
24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia)
Administrative divisions
6 regions (zobatat, singular - zoba); 'Anseba, Debub (South), Debubawi K'eyyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea), Gash-Barka, Ma'…
Currency
nakfa (ERN)
Export partners
China 67%; UAE 26%; Philippines 5%; Italy 1%…
Import partners
China 32%; UAE 27%; Turkey 9%; USA 7%…

Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain

Subdivisions

6 on file. Listed because operations, tax and reporting are usually organised at this level rather than nationally.

NameTypeCode
Debubawi Keyih BahriRegionER-DK
DebubRegionER-DU
Semenawi Keyih BahriRegionER-SK
Gash BarkaRegionER-GB
MaekelRegionER-MA
AnsebaRegionER-AN

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Currency
nakfa (ERN)
Languages
Tigrinya (official); Arabic (official); English (official); Tigre…
Government
authoritarian
Climate
hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually, heaviest…

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