Eritrea

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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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Eritrea canonical 380
State of Eritrea 20
Italian Eritrea 2

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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Afar people

Bilen people ⓘ
Kunama people ⓘ
Nara people ⓘ
Saho people ⓘ
Tigre people ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
surface form: 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 (406)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabic → officialLanguageOf → Eritrea ⓘ
Italian language → spokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia → borderedBy → Eritrea ⓘ
Oriental Orthodoxy → primaryRegion → Eritrea ⓘ
Nile → flowsThroughCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
Nile → hasBasinCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → spokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → hasMember → Eritrea ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic → spokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Djibouti → bordersCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
Yemeni Arabic → spokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Sudan → hasBorderWith → Eritrea ⓘ
Barbeyaceae → distribution → Eritrea ⓘ
ECA Subregional Office for Eastern Africa → servesCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
East African campaign → location → Eritrea ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Eritrea ⓘ
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Eritrea ⓘ
Yemen → hasSeaBorderWith → Eritrea ⓘ
Sahel → locatedIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Red Sea → borderedBy → Eritrea ⓘ
Horn of Africa → includesCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
East Africa → includesCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
ECCAS → memberState → Eritrea ⓘ
IGAD → memberState → Eritrea ⓘ
CEN-SAD → memberState → Eritrea ⓘ
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait → separates → Eritrea ⓘ
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait → countryOnShore → Eritrea ⓘ
East Africa Time → usedInCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
Danakil Desert → country → Eritrea ⓘ
East African Rift → passesThrough → Eritrea ⓘ
Tekeze River → country → Eritrea ⓘ
Tekeze River → flowsThrough → Eritrea ⓘ
Tekeze River → formsBorderBetween → Eritrea ⓘ
Tekeze River → countryBasin → Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopian calendar → usedIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Oromo → spokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Eritrea ⓘ
Tigrinya → primaryCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
Tigrinya → spokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Tigrinya → majorityLanguageIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Beja people → country → Eritrea ⓘ
Phacochoerus africanus → rangeCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
Coptic Christmas → countryObservedIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Coptic Christmas → isPublicHolidayIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Ge'ez → countryOfOrigin → Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → hasMajorPresenceIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Aksumite Empire → coreTerritory → Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopian Civil War → location → Eritrea ⓘ
Greater Middle East → includesCountry → Eritrea ⓘ