Eritrea - Erytrea

Eritrea
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Main information
Capital city	Asmara
Political system	temporary
Currency	nakfa
Surface	121 320
Population	3 497 000
Tongue	Arabic, Tigrinya
religion	Islam, Orthodoxy, Catholicism
Code	291
Internet domain	.er
Time zone	UTC 3
Time zone	UTC 3

Eritrea - country in Africa East, on the Red Sea. It borders with Ethiopia, Djibouti and Sudan.

Characteristic

Geography

Climate

History

Policy

Economy

Drive

By car

By plane

The largest airport is Asmara International Airport.

By ship

Regions

Eritrea is divided into 6 administrative regions.

No. on the map region capital of the region area (km²) number of inhabitants 1995 2001 2005 2008

4 Anseba Keren 23 200 400 846 484 200 549 000 731 769

1 Asmara Central Region 1 300 502 300 595 900 675 700 917 105

3 Gasz-Barka Barentu 33 200 515 667 625 100 708 800 941 548

5 Red Sea North Region Massaua 27 800 392 653 576 200 653 300 717 025

2 Mendefera South Region 8,000 702 502 839 700 952 100 1 282 730

6 Red Sea South Region Assab 27 600 189 627 73 700 83 500 346 226

Cities

According to official data from 2010, Eritrea had more than 20 cities with a population of over 8,000. residents. The capital city of Asmara was the only city with over half a million inhabitants; 1 city with a population of 100,000 ÷ 500,000; 2 cities with a population of 50,000 ÷ 100,000; 7 cities with a population of 25,000 ÷ 50,000 and the rest of the cities below 25,000 residents.

• Asmara
• Keren
• Agordat
• Nakfa
• Massau
• Assab

Largest cities in Eritrea:

Largest cities in Eritrea by population size (as of 2010):

L.p. City Region Population

1. Asmara Central 649 707

2. Keren Anseba 146 483

3. Tesenej Gasz-Barka 64 889

4. South Mendefer 63 492

5. Gasz-Barka Agordat 47 482

6. South Asab of the Red Sea 39 656

7. North Massaua of the Red Sea 36 700

8. South Addi Kuala 34 589

9. South Senafe 31 831

10. South Dekemhare 31,000

Interesting places

Transport

Tongue

The official languages ​​are Arabic and Tigrinya.

Shopping

Gastronomy

Accommodation

Security

Health

contact

Diplomatic representations

Diplomatic missions accredited in Eritrea

No post - country served by the Polish embassy in Cairo (Egypt).

Diplomatic representations accredited in Poland

Eritrean State Embassy in Berlin

Address: Konsularabteilung Stavangerstrasse 18, D-10439 Berlin Germany

e-mail: [email protected]