Alternate Names: Eritrea
Former Names: Eritrea Autonomous Region in Ethiopia
Capital City: Asmara
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Date of Independence: May 24, 1993 (from Ethiopia)
National Anthem: Eritrean National Anthem
Population: 4,362,254
Size/Area: 93,680 sq km. slightly larger than Pennsylvania
Land Locked: no
Coastline: 2,234 km
Bordering Countries: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan
Administrative Divisions: 6 regions (regions, singular - region); Central, Anelba, Southern Red Sea, Northern Red Sea, Southern, Gash-Barka
Major Cities: Massawa, Aseb
Languages: Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
Religions: Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant
Major Holidays: Liberation Day (May 24), New Year's Day, Women's Day (March 8), Martyr's Day (June 20), Start of the Armed Struggle (September 1)
Currency: nakfa
Currency Code: ERN
Highest Point: Soira 3,018 m
Lowest Point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m
Bordering Bodies of Water: Red Sea
Bodies of Water: Red Sea
Climate: hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually); semiarid in western hills and lowlands; rainfall heaviest during June-September except in coastal desert
Major Industries: food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles
Major Agricultural Products: sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn, cotton, tobacco, coffee, sisal; livestock, goats; fish
Natural Resources:gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, possibly oil and natural gas, fish
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