Eritrea

E16113

country in Africa sovereign state

Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa known for its Red Sea coastline, diverse ethnic groups, and complex political history since gaining independence from Ethiopia in 1993.

Aliases (2)

State of Eritrea ×5
Eritrean society ×1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country in Africa → sovereign state →
borderCountry	Djibouti → Ethiopia → Sudan →
callingCode	+291 →
capital	Asmara →
conflict	Eritrean–Ethiopian War →
continent	Africa →
currency	Eritrean nakfa →
currencyCode	ERN →
drivesOn	right →
formerColonizer	Italy → United Kingdom →
governmentType	one‑party presidential republic →
hasCoastlineOn	Red Sea →
headOfGovernment	Isaias Afwerki →
headOfState	Isaias Afwerki →
historicalEvent	Eritrean War of Independence →
historicalStatus	British military administration → Italian colony → federated with Ethiopia →
includesRegion	Anseba → Danakil Desert → Debub → Gash‑Barka → Northern Red Sea Region → Sahel region of Eritrea → Southern Red Sea Region →
independenceDay	24 May 1993 →
independenceDeclared	1991 →
independenceFrom	Ethiopia →
independenceReferendum	1993 →
internetTLD	.er →
largestCity	Asmara →
locatedIn	Horn of Africa →
majorEthnicGroup	Afar people → Bilen people → Kunama people → Nara people → Saho people → Tigre people → Tigrinya people →
majorReligion	Christianity → Islam →
memberOf	African Union → Intergovernmental Authority on Development → United Nations →
nationalEmblem	Emblem of Eritrea →
nationalFlag	Flag of Eritrea →
nationality	Eritrean →
officialLanguage	Arabic → English → Tigrinya →
recognizedNationalLanguage	Afar → Beja → Bilen → Kunama → Nara → Saho → Tigre → Tigrinya →
rulingParty	People's Front for Democracy and Justice →
timeZone	UTC+3 →
UNMemberStateSince	1993 →

Referenced by (136)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Afar Triangle → Asmara → Beja → Beja people → Bilen → Bilen people → Danakil Desert → Debub → Emblem of Eritrea → Eritrean Catholic Church → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → Eritrean War of Independence → Flag of Eritrea → Gash-Barka → Nara people → Northern Red Sea Region → Nubian Desert → People's Front for Democracy and Justice → Saho people → Southern Red Sea Region → Tekeze River → Tigre people →	country
Afar → Bilen → Eastern Sudanic languages → Italian language → Nilo-Saharan languages → Nilo-Saharan phylum → Nilo-Saharian → Oromo → Saho → South Semitic languages → Sudanese Arabic → Tigre → Tigrinya → Yemeni Arabic →	spokenIn
Bilen people ("Eritrean society") → Debub ("State of Eritrea") → Northern Red Sea Region ("State of Eritrea") → Southern Red Sea Region →	partOf
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Intergovernmental Authority on Development →	hasMember
East Africa → Greater Middle East → Horn of Africa →	includesCountry
Debub → Northern Red Sea Region → Sahel →	locatedIn
East African campaign → Eritrean War of Independence → Ethiopian Civil War →	location
CEN-SAD → ECCAS → IGAD →	memberState
Tigre → Tigrinya → Tigrinya Muslims →	primaryCountry
East Africa Time → FET → Salam →	usedInCountry
Ethiopia → Red Sea →	borderedBy
Beja → Tigre people →	ethnicGroupOf
Eritrean Catholic Church → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church →	primaryTerritory
British Military Administration in Eritrea →	administeredTerritory
Bureau of African Affairs →	appliesPolicyTo
British Military Administration in Eritrea →	appliesToJurisdiction
Atlantic–Congo languages →	areSpokenIn
Saho people →	associatedCountryLanguagePolicy
Eritrean–Ethiopian War ("State of Eritrea") →	belligerent
Isaias Afwerki →	birthPlace
Tigray Region →	borders
Djibouti →	bordersCountry
Asmara →	capitalOf
Italian Empire →	colonialPowerOf
Eritrean–Ethiopian War →	conflictBetween
Sub-Saharan Africa →	contains
Aksumite Empire →	coreTerritory
Tekeze River →	countryBasin
Northeast Africa →	countryIncludes
Coptic Christmas →	countryObservedIn
Isaias Afwerki →	countryOfCitizenship
Ge'ez →	countryOfOrigin
Saho ("State of Eritrea") →	countryOfUse
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait →	countryOnShore
Geʽez →	countryOrRegion
Southern Red Sea Region →	countrySubdivisionOf
Geʽez script →	developedIn
Barbeyaceae →	distribution
Tekeze River →	flowsThrough
Nile →	flowsThroughCountry
Italian East Africa →	formedByUnionOf
Tekeze River →	formsBorderBetween
Nile →	hasBasinCountry
Sudan →	hasBorderWith
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church →	hasMajorPresenceIn
Yemen →	hasSeaBorderWith
Isaias Afwerki →	headOfGovernmentOf
Isaias Afwerki →	headOfStateOf
Asmara →	isCulturalCenterOf
Asmara →	isEconomicCenterOf
Asmara →	isLargestCityOf
Saho →	isMinorityLanguageIn
Eritrean Catholic Church →	isMinorityReligionIn
Asmara →	isPoliticalCenterOf
Coptic Christmas →	isPublicHolidayIn
First Italo-Ethiopian War →	ItalianColonyInRegion
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church →	majorityChurchIn
Tigrinya →	majorityLanguageIn
Eritrean Catholic Church →	metropolitanSeeCountry
Tigrinya Muslims →	minorityStatusIn
Emblem of Eritrea ("State of Eritrea") →	motto
Djibouti City →	nearbyCountry
Arabic →	officialLanguageOf
East African Rift →	passesThrough
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Bilen people →	populationCountry
Punt →	possiblyLocatedIn
Saho people →	primaryLocation
Oriental Orthodoxy →	primaryRegion
Phacochoerus africanus →	rangeCountry
Nara people →	recognizedAsMinorityIn
Divine Liturgy of the Ethiopian Church →	region
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait →	separates
ECA Subregional Office for Eastern Africa →	servesCountry
Geʽez script →	standardInCountry
Debub →	subdivisionOf
Italian East Africa →	territoryIncludes
Sudan Defence Force →	theatreOfOperations
Sukhoi Su-27 →	usedBy
Ethiopian calendar →	usedIn
Saho →	usedInBroadcasting
Saho →	usedInEducation