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Capital Eritrea : |
Asmara (formerly Asmera) .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Eritrea :
| Djibouti 109 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km .
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| Climate Eritrea :
| hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually); semiarid in western hills and lowlands; rainfall heaviest during June-September except in coastal desert .
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| Life expectancy Eritrea :
| 52.7 years .
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| Fertility rate Eritrea :
| 5.67 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Eritrea :
| transitional government .
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| Population Eritrea :
| 4,447,307 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Eritrea :
| 121,320 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Eritrea :
| 38,100 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Eritrea :
| NA .
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| International Country Code Eritrea :
| 291.
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| Sex ratio total Eritrea :
| 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Eritrea ratio under 15 :
| 1.01 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Eritrea ratio 15 64 :
| 0.98 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Eritrea ratio 65 :
| 0.97 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Eritrea :
| $-159 million (2003) |
| HIV Eritrea :
| 2.7% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Eritrea :
| 53% (1993/94) |
| Literacy Eritrea :
| 58,60% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Eritrea :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Eritrea :
| NA |
| Inflation Eritrea :
| 12.3% (2003) |
| Unemployment Rate Eritrea :
| NA (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Eritrea :
| 9,500 (2003) |
| Location Eritrea :
| Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan |
| Geographic Coordinates Eritrea :
| 15 00 N, 39 00 E |
| Religion Eritrea :
| Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant |
| Administrative region Eritrea :
| 6 regions (zobatat, singular - zoba); Anseba, Debub, Debubawi K'eyih Bahri, Gash Barka, Ma'akel, Semenawi Keyih Bahri |
| Terrain Eritrea :
| dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains |
| Elevation extremes lowest Eritrea :
| near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Eritrea :
| Soira 3,018 m |
| Natural resources Eritrea :
| gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, possibly oil and natural gas, fish |
| Land use arable land Eritrea :
| 4,95% |
| Land use permanentcrops Eritrea :
| 0,03% |
| Irrigated land Eritrea :
| 220 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Eritrea :
| frequent droughts; locust swarms |
| Environment current issues Eritrea :
| deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing; loss of infrastructure from civil warfare |
| Geography note Eritrea :
| 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 |
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