Eritrea Geography and Population
ETYMOLOGY: The word Eritrea is Italian, from Lat. Mare Erythraeum ‘The Red Sea’, by gr. Erythros ‘red’. OFFICIAL NAME: Eritrea CAPITAL CITY: Asmara POPULATION: 6,520,000 (2015) AREA: 93,680 km² OFFICIAL/OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Arabic, Tigrinnya, Tigers, other African languages RELIGION: Muslims (especially Sunni Muslims) 50%, Christians (especially Coptic Christians) 50% CURRENCY: Nakfa CURRENCY CODE: ERN ENGLISH NAME:… Read More »