Independence Year : 1993
Population : 3850000
Life Expectancy : 55.8
Capital : 652
GNP : 650.00
GNP Old : 755.00
Local Name : Ertra
Government Form : Republic
Location : Eastern Africa, in the Horn of Africa bordering the Red Sea in northeast.
Terrain : Central highlands straddle escarpment associated with Rift Valley, dry coastal plains, and western lowlands.
Climate : Temperate in the mountains and hot in the lowlands, hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast;.
Ethnic Group : Tigrinya 50%, Tigre 31.4%, Saho 5%, Afar 5%, Beja 2.5%, Bilen 2.1%, Kunama 2%, Nara 1.5%, and Rashaida .5%
Religions : Christian 50% (mostly Orthodox), Muslim 48%, indigenous beliefs 2%
Official Website :
www.shabait.com/staging/index.html
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General Information - Eritrea
Background
Eritrea is located in Eastern Africa in the Horn of Africa, to the North of Ethiopia and bordering the Red Sea in Northeast. It has a mixed Afro-Asiatic population that is divided by religion and language. Eritrea is one of Africa's newest independent nations. The former Italian and British colony gained formal independence from Ethiopia, its last colonizer, in 1993. But independence did not end the wars in Eritrea. Conflicts with Yemen and Ethiopia followed.
Latest UN reports (2005) warned that the humanitarian situation in Eritrea was deteriorating, mainly due to recurrent drought and the protracted stalemate in the peace process with Ethiopia.
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