Eritrea
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Eritrea (pronounced /ˌɛrɨˈtreɪ.ə/ (deprecatit template) or /ˌɛrɨˈtriːə/; Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritrīyā), offeecially the State o Eritrea, is a kintra in the North East o Africae. The caipital is Asmara. It is bordered bi Sudan in the wast, Ethiopie in the sooth, an Djibouti in the sootheast. The east an northeast o the kintra hae an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, directly athort frae Saudi Arabie an Yemen. The Dahlak Archipelago an several o the Hanish Islands are pairt o Eritrea. Eritrea's size is approximately 117,600 km2 wi an estimatit population o 5 million.
State o Eritrea | |
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| Caipital | Asmara 15°20′N 38°55′E / 15.333°N 38.917°E |
| Lairgest ceety | capital |
| Offeecial leids | None (see wirkin leids) |
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| Demonym(s) | Eritrean |
| Govrenment | Unitar ane-pairty presidential republic |
• Preses | Isaias Afwerki |
| Legislatur | Naitional Assembly |
| Formation | |
• Dʿmt | c. 980 AC |
• Kinrick o Aksum | c. 100 AD |
• Medri Bahri | 1137 |
• Italian Eritrea | 1890 |
• Eritrean Federation | 15 September 1952 |
• De facto State o Eritrea | 24 Mey 1991 |
• De jure State o Eritrea | 24 Mey 1993 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 117,600 km2 (45,400 sq mi) (101st) |
• Water (%) | 0.14% |
| Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 5,869,869 (116t) |
• Density | 51.8/km2 (134.2/sq mi) (154t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $9.671 billion |
• Per capita | $1,349 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $6.050 billion |
• Per capita | $844 |
| HDI (2015) |  0.420law · 179th |
| Currency | Nakfa (ERN) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (nae observed) |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +291 |
| ISO 3166 code | ER |
| Internet TLD | .er |
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