Eritrea
Eritrea is in Africa. Here you’ll find flag, capital and neighbours to learn.
Borders: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan
- Capital
- Asmara
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Ostafrika
- Area
- 117,600 km²
- Population
- 3,607,003
- Languages
- Arabic, English, Tigrinya
Did you know?
- Culture
Asmara is considered an open-air museum of Italian Rationalism; the city centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site — complete with a petrol station shaped like an aeroplane.
- Nature
The Danakil Depression in the south is among the hottest places on Earth.
- History
Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a thirty-year war.
- Geography
Through Eritrea’s secession, Ethiopia lost its entire coastline and became landlocked.