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Location | |
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Capital city | Asmara |
State | One-party state with partial Indirect Democracy |
Coin | Nakfa (ERN) |
Area | 117,600 km2 |
Population | 5,228,000 (2015 estimate) |
Language | Official None, Tigrinya, Arabic, Tigre |
Calling Code | 291 |
Internet TLD | .er |
Time zone | UTC 3 |
THE Eritrea is her country EasternAfrica.
At a glance
Appropriate visit period
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Important cities
- Asmara. Capital and largest city of the country. The center of Asmara still holds the style of a provincial city of Italy
- Keren. Second largest city of Eritrea. On April 1, 1941 Keren was the scene of the last battle between the English and the Italians.
- Masawa. Large port on the west coast of the Red Sea
- Aseb the Assab. Second port of the country
Additional tourist destinations
- Dalak Archipelago.
- Debre Bizen. Tawahido Orthodox Church Monastery. It is located at the top of the mountain of the same name at an altitude of 800 m.
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