Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in northeast Africa. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The east and northeast of the country has an extensive coastline with the Red Sea. Having achieved independence on May 24, 1993 from Ethiopia after a long rebellion, it is one of the youngest independent states. Working languages include Tigrinya and Arabic. English and Italian are widely recognized.
Area:
total: 121,320 sq km
land: 121,320 sq km
water: 0 sq km 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 Terrain:
dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains Population:
4,447,307 Languages:
Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages Capital:
Asmara
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