East Africa(UN: Eastern Africa)
Eritrea
State of Eritrea
A Red Sea country with ancient Aksumite roots and Italian colonial cities, independent since 1993 after a thirty-year liberation war, and today one of the world's most closed states.
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Eritrea in pictures
Flag, landscapes, landmarks and wildlife you can meet in the games. Photographs come from each subject’s Wikipedia article.
Flag
Flag of Eritrea
National flag
- Asmara
Landscape
Asmara
A real place in Eritrea
- Danakil Depression
Landmark
Danakil Depression
One of the hottest places on Earth, with yellow sulphur springs.
- Modernist Asmara
Landmark
Modernist Asmara
A whole city of 1930s art-deco buildings, including a petrol station shaped like a plane.
- Dahlak Archipelago
Landmark
Dahlak Archipelago
More than 200 islands, once the centre of a pearl-diving trade.
- Dugong
Wildlife
Dugong
Sailors' 'mermaids' — it grazes underwater meadows like a cow.
- Asmara
City
Asmara
Capital of Eritrea
Capital
Asmara
Population
3,607,003
World Bank, 2025
Area
117,600 km²
Currency
Eritrean nakfa
GDP per person
$689
Current US$, 2011
Life expectancy
68.9 yrs
World Bank, 2024
Urban population
34.5%
UN member
Yes
Quick facts
Did you know?
Eritrea has nine officially recognised ethnic groups and no single official language.
Asmara sits at about 2,300 m, so its climate is mild despite the Red Sea heat below.
Your route
Where to start with Eritrea
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Reference figures come from the World Bank Open Data API and the ISO 3166 country dataset, each shown with its year. Historical and cultural text is written by our editors and marks contested dating where scholars disagree. The "go deeper" chapters are generated live by Africa AI from that same reference data and our sourced library — check them before quoting. Borders shown are for orientation and do not imply a position on any dispute.