Eritrea
Eritrea is in Eastern Africa, with its capital at Asmara and an area of about 117,600 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- State of Eritrea
- Capital
- Asmara
- Region
- Africa · Eastern Africa
- Area
- 117,600 km²
- Languages
- Arabic, English, Tigrinya
- Currencies
- Eritrean nakfa (ERN)
- Natural resources
- gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, possibly oil and natural gas, fish
- Industries
- food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles, light manufacturing, salt, cement
- Main exports
- copper ore, zinc ore, gold, garments, liquor
First-level divisions (6)
- Anseba
- Debub
- Gash-Barka
- Maekel
- Northern Red Sea
- Southern Red Sea
Major cities
- Asmara (population 620,802)
- Mendefera (population 257,390)
- Keren (population 150,000)
- Massawa (population 142,564)
- Assab (population 105,496)