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.

Nilo-Saharian → spokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Nilo-Saharian phylum → spokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Afar Triangle → country → Eritrea ⓘ
Afar → spokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Tigray region → borders → Eritrea ⓘ
subject surface form: Tigray Region
Eastern Sudanic languages → spokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages → areSpokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Northeast Africa → countryIncludes → Eritrea ⓘ
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → country → Eritrea ⓘ
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → primaryTerritory → Eritrea ⓘ
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → majorityChurchIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Italian East Africa → formedByUnionOf → Eritrea ⓘ
Italian East Africa → territoryIncludes → Eritrea ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of the Ethiopian Church → region → Eritrea ⓘ
Djibouti City → nearbyCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
Tigrinya Muslims → primaryCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
Tigrinya Muslims → minorityStatusIn → Eritrea ⓘ
First Italo-Ethiopian War → ItalianColonyInRegion → Eritrea ⓘ
Nubian Desert → country → Eritrea ⓘ
Eritrean Catholic Church → primaryTerritory → Eritrea ⓘ
Eritrean Catholic Church → country → Eritrea ⓘ
Eritrean Catholic Church → metropolitanSeeCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
Eritrean Catholic Church → isMinorityReligionIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Sukhoi Su-27 → usedBy → Eritrea ⓘ
Geez → countryOrRegion → Eritrea ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
Geʽez script → developedIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Geʽez script → standardInCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
South Semitic languages → spokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Intergovernmental Authority on Development → hasMember → Eritrea ⓘ
Italian Empire → colonialPowerOf → Eritrea ⓘ
Eritrean–Ethiopian War → conflictBetween → Eritrea ⓘ
Eritrean–Ethiopian War → belligerent → Eritrea ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of Eritrea
Emblem of Eritrea → country → Eritrea ⓘ
Emblem of Eritrea → motto → Eritrea ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of Eritrea
Beja → ethnicGroupOf → Eritrea ⓘ
Beja → country → Eritrea ⓘ
Bilen → spokenIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Bilen → country → Eritrea ⓘ
People's Front for Democracy and Justice → country → Eritrea ⓘ
Debub → country → Eritrea ⓘ
Debub → locatedIn → Eritrea ⓘ
Debub → partOf → Eritrea ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of Eritrea
Debub → subdivisionOf → Eritrea ⓘ
Bilen people → country → Eritrea ⓘ
Bilen people → partOf → Eritrea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean society
Bilen people → populationCountry → Eritrea ⓘ
Nara people → country → Eritrea ⓘ
Nara people → recognizedAsMinorityIn → Eritrea ⓘ
British military administration → administeredTerritory → Eritrea ⓘ
subject surface form: British Military Administration in Eritrea
British military administration → appliesToJurisdiction → Eritrea ⓘ
subject surface form: British Military Administration in Eritrea