Eritrea#
Eritrea won independence from Italian colonial control in 1941, but the UN only established it as an autonomous region within the Ethiopian federation in 1952, after a decade of British administrative control.
Government type: authoritarian. Chief of state: President ISAIAS Afwerki (since 24 May 1993).
Facts#
Capital |
Asmara |
Region |
Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan |
Area |
total : 117,600 sq km; land: 101,000 sq km; water: 16,600 sq km |
Population |
6,416,435 (2025 est.) |
Languages |
Tigrinya (official), Arabic (official), English (official), Tigre, Kunama, Afar, other Cushitic languages |
Currency |
nakfa (ERN) |
Time zone |
to be filled |
ccTLD |
.er |
Refugees#
Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.
Camp |
Population |
Origin |
Location |
Notes |
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