Eritrea

Official name: State of Eritrea
Also known as: Ertra, Tigrinya, ሃገረ ኤርትራ (Tigrinya), إريتريا (Arabic)

Flag of Eritrea
Capital: Asmara
Total Area: 117,600 km² (45,406 mi²) (100th)
Approximate population: 3,535,603 (132th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan
Languages: Tigrinya (official), Arabic (official), English (official), Tigre, Kunama, Afar, other Cushitic languages
Religions: Sunni Muslim 37%-52%, Eritrean Orthodox 47%-63%.
Ethnic groups: Tigrinya 50%, Tigre 30%, Saho 4%, Afar 4%, Kunama 4%, Bilen 3%, Beja 2%, Nara 2%, Rashaida 1% (2021 est.)
Currency: Nakfa (ERN)
Time zone: UTC+3 (EAT), Summer (DST) UTC+3 (not observed)
Calling code: (+291)
Organizations: United Nations
Border countries (3): Djibouti 125 km (78 mi), Ethiopia 1,033 km (642 mi), Sudan 682 km (424 mi)
Coastline: 2,234 km (1,388 mi; 1,206 nmi) total
- mainland on Red Sea 1,151 km (715 mi, 621 nmi)
- islands in Red Sea 1,083 km (673 mi, 585 nmi)

Administrative divisions (6) regions (zobatat, singular - zoba):
Map of Eritrea

Anseba, Debub (South), Debubawi K'eyyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea), Gash-Barka, Ma'ikel (Central), Semienawi K'eyyih Bahri (Northern Red Sea)

Natural resources: gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, possibly petroleum and natural gas, fish.

note1: strategic geopolitical position along world's busiest shipping lanes; Eritrea retained the entire coastline of Ethiopia along the Red Sea upon de jure independence from Ethiopia on 24 May 1993.
note2: that the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia is disputed.