Red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) dividing the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower one is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle.
6 regions (regions, singular - region): Central, Anelba, Southern Red Sea, Northern Red Sea, Southern, and Gash-Barka.
Population:
4,906,585 (July 2007 est.)
Languages:
Afar, Amharic, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
Geographic coordinates:
15° 00' N, 39° 00' E
Area total:
121,320 sq. km
Land area:
121,320 sq. km
Water area:
0 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
1,626 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
Djibouti 109 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km
Coastline:
2,234 km total mainland on Red Sea 1,151 km, islands in Red Sea 1,083 km
Elevation extremes:
near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m - Soira 3,018 m
Internet country code:
.er
Currency:
nakfa (ERN)
Name - conventional long form:
State of Eritrea
Name - conventional short form:
Eritrea
Name - local long form:
Hagere Ertra
Name - local short form:
Ertra
Former name:
Eritrea Autonomous Region in Ethiopia
Independence:
24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia)
Constitution:
the transitional constitution, decreed on 19 May 1993, was replaced by a new constitution adopted on 23 May 1997, but not yet implemented
Government type:
transitional government following a successful referendum on independence for the Autonomous Region of Eritrea on 23-25 April 1993, a National Assembly, composed entirely of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ, was established as a transitional legislature, a Constitutional Commission was also established to draft a constitution, Afworki ISAIAS was elected president by the transitional legislature, the constitution, ratified in May 1997, did not enter into effect, pending parliamentary and presidential elections, parliamentary elections had been scheduled to take place in December 2001, but were postponed, currently the sole legal party is the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), though a draft political parties law is under consideration