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Eritrea

إرتريا · دولة إرتريا

Sovereign state in Horn of Africa, Africa

Eritrea: 3 497 000 people as of 2019, 117 600 km², capital Asmara. Member of AfCFTA, AU, COMESA.

At a glance

Population
3 497 000
counted 2019
Capital
Asmara
963 000 people, 2020
Area
117 600km²
30 per km²
Currency
ERN
Eritrean nakfa
Official languages
English
also Arabic and Tigrinya
Local time
UTC+03:00
Africa/Asmara

Where it is

Where Eritrea is, and what is around it

Eritrea has a coast. It shares a border with 3 countries, counted as shared borders, which includes neighbours across water.