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Over View on ERITREA
Remembering Our Martyrs
Contributed By Sami Russom.
| Largest
Cities |
| City |
Population |
Estimated |
| Asmara |
367,300 |
1991 |
| Aseb |
39,569 |
1989 |
| Keren |
32,110 |
1989 |
Key Data |
| Region: |
Africa |
| Population: |
4.00 million (2000) |
| Area Total: |
121,320 km2 |
| Area Land: |
121,320 km2 |
| Coast Line: |
1,151 km km |
| Capital: |
Asmara |
| 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 on coastal desert. |
| Languages: |
Afar
Amharic
Arabic
Italian
Tigre and Kunama
Tigrinya
Minor tribal languages |
| Currency: |
1 nakfa (Nfa) = 100 cents |
| Holiday: |
Independence Day, 24 May (1993) |
| Average Daily
Temperature |
| Capital: |
Asmara |
| January: |
25.6°C / 78°F |
| July: |
34.4°C / 94°F |
| Annual
Rainfall: |
203.2mm / 8'' |
Boundaries |
| Ethiopia: |
912km |
| Sudan: |
605km |
| Djibouti: |
113km |
Ethnic Divisions |
| Ethnic Tigrinya |
50% |
| Tigre and Kunama |
40% |
| Afar |
4% |
| Saho (Red Sea
coast dwellers) |
3% |
| other |
3% |
Religions |
| Christian |
50% |
| Muslim |
48% |
| Indigenous Beliefs |
2% |
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