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Common name | Eritrea | Local name | ሃገረ ኤርትራ Hagere Ertra دولة إرتريا Dawlat Iritrīya | Name | ሃገረ ኤርትራ Hagere Ertra دولة إرتريا Dawlat Iritrīya | Anthem | Ertra, Ertra, Ertra Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea | Capital | Asmara | Largest city | capital | Official languages | Tigrinya, Arabic, English | Other languages | Tigre, Saho, Bilen, Afar, Kunama, Nara, Hedareb, Italian,. | Ethnic groups | 55% Tigrinya, 30% Tigre, 4% Saho, 2% Kunama, 2% Rashaida, 2% Bilen, 5% other (Afar, Beni, Amir, Nera) (2010 est.) | Demonym | Eritrean | Government | Provisional government | President | Isaias Afewerki | Independence | Independence | From Italy | November 1941 | From United Kingdom under UN Mandate | 1951 | from Ethiopia de facto | 24 May 1991 | From Ethiopia de jure | 24 May 1993 | Total Area | 45405 sq mi (117599 km2) (100th) | Water % | 0.14% | Population Est. | 5224000 (109th) | Population census | 5291370 (2008) | Density (pop.) | 43.1/km2 (165th) (111.7/sq mi) | GDP PPP | $3.625 billion (2010) | GDP (PPP) per capita | $681 | GDP (nominal) | $2.117 billion (2010) | GDP (nominal) per capita | $397 | HDI | 0.472 (2007) (low) (165th) | Currency | Nakfa (ERN) | Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) | - Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+3) | Drives on the | right | Internet TLD | .er | Calling code | 291 |
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Eritrea (c-eniconˌɛrɨˈtreɪ.ə or c-enˌɛrɨˈtriːə; Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritrīyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeast and east of the country has an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, directly across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands are part of Eritrea. Eritrea's size is approximately 117600 km2 (45405.6 sqmi) with an estimated population of 6 million.
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