Eritrea

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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.

All labels observed (7)

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

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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

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Eritrean judiciary country Eritrea
Debub Region country Eritrea
Debub Region partOf Eritrea
this entity surface form: State of Eritrea
Debub Region subdivisionOf Eritrea
Maekel country Eritrea
Maekel partOf Eritrea
Maekel governingCountry Eritrea
Adi Keyh country Eritrea
Dekemhare country Eritrea
Segeneiti country Eritrea
Adi Quala country Eritrea
Senafe country Eritrea
Qohaito country Eritrea
Metera country Eritrea
Bilen language spokenIn Eritrea
Bilen language country Eritrea
western Eritrea country Eritrea
subject surface form: Western Eritrea
western Eritrea locatedIn Eritrea
subject surface form: Western Eritrea
western Eritrea partOf Eritrea
subject surface form: Western Eritrea
this entity surface form: State of Eritrea
Battle of Massawa location Eritrea
Second Eritrean civil war locatedIn Eritrea
subject surface form: Second Eritrean Civil War
Fall of Asmara country Eritrea
Eritrean lowlands country Eritrea
Maekel Region country Eritrea
Maekel Region partOf Eritrea
this entity surface form: State of Eritrea
Maekel Region borderCountry Eritrea
Cinema Impero country Eritrea