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Eritrea in the horn of Africa.
By Mark on July 19, 2010
Eritrea is a official country state in the Horn of Africa, central east coast of the continent. The capital city is known as Asmara. Eritre borders the African nations of Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. If you get to see this country you will find that towards the east and northeast of the country, there is an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, which is directly across the Arab states of Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands are part of Eritrea. It is a small country, it is just under 118,000 km2 or 45,560 sq miles and in 2009 the estimated population of 5 country was 5,673,520.
The capital city as said above is Asmara, it used to be known as Asmera, or in the Arabic language it is أسمرة. Asmara, means “Made them United” in their own language of Tigrigna, it is the largest of settlements in Eritrea, and is the home to a population of around 579,000 people. Asmara is quite high up it has an elevation of 2,325 meters (7,628 ft), this is because the city is on the edge of an escarpment that is both the northwestern edge of the Great Rift Valley and of the Eritrean highlands. The countries economy is quite small, but it deals in Textiles and clothing, processed meat, beer, shoes, and ceramics, which are all the major industrial products.
So has I have said above the location of this country is in the Northeast Africa and the Red Sea borders the country on the northeast and east. Eritrea is almost completely bisected by one of the world’s longest mountain ranges, these go on to form the processes that create the Great Rift Valley, where you will find there are green fertile lands to the west, which start to move on to a desert in the east. The countries southern of the Red Sea, becomes the home of the fork in the rift. The Dahlak Archipelago and its fishing grounds are situated off the sandy and arid coastline and the south part of land which is in the highlands, is slightly drier and cooler. Eritrea has four main cities they are the capital city of Asmara, also they have the port town of Asseb in the southeast, as well as the towns of Massawa to the east, and Keren to the north.
This country appears to be a place where people may fear going for a holiday, but I reckon that you would be fine and there is plenty to do and see, especially if you like walks around the Great Rift Valley and the Eritrean Highlands. There are places to stay and visit and the tourism is alive and well, this is a country I myself would like to visit and get to know the locals. So if this country does have a few polictical problems, well most countries do, it is just that Eritrea, would quite probably go to war with other countries to sort out their problems.
- Learn about Eritrea on Wikipedia:
- Learn about the capital, Asmara on Wikipedia:
- Learn about the Horn of Africa on Wikipedia:
- Learn about the Hanish Islands Conflicts on Wikipedia:
- Find Eritrea on Google Maps:
- Find Asmara on Google Maps:
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