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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 east. The northeast of the country has an extensive coastline with the Red Sea. Having achieved independence in 1993 from Ethiopia, Eritrea is currently one of the youngest independent states.
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| National motto: None | ||||
| Official languages | Tigrigna, Arabic and English | |||
| Capital | Asmara | |||
| President | Isaias AfewerkiIsaias Afewerki (born 1945) is the first president of Eritrea. He became active in the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in 1966, and then became its secretary general in 1987. After Eritrean independence was granted in 1993, he became its first presiden | |||
| AreaThis article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. Article area (geometry) is more mathematical. Area is a quantity expressing the size of a region of space. Surface area refers to the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an objec - Total - % water | Ranked 96thHere is a list of the countries of the world in order of size . Values are given using SI (metric) units. Dependencies are shown with the main country; the total area is also given, but the list is ordered according to the areas excluding dependencies. 121,320 km˛Square kilometre (symbol km is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 km˛ is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 m˛ 100 hectares 0. 386 102 square miles (statute) 247. 105 381 acres Convers Negligible | |||
| PopulationFor the use of the word population in statistics, see statistical population. In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. Populations are studied in
- DensityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex | Ranked 118th
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| Independence - Limited - Fully | From Ethiopia May 29, 1991 May 24, 1993 | |||
| Currency | Nakfa | |||
| Time zone | UTC +3 | |||
| National anthem | Ertra, Ertra, Ertra | |||
| Internet TLD | .ER | |||
| Calling Code | 291 | |||