State of Eritrea
- Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan
- Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 39 00 E
- Area: total - 121,320 sq km, land - 121,320 sq km, water - 0 sq km
- Land boundaries: total - 1,626 km (border 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
- Capital: Asmara
- Independence: 24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia)
- Population: 4,786,994 (July 2006 est.)
- Nationality noun - Eritrean(s), adjective - Eritrean
- Ethnic groups: ethnic Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%, other 3%
- Religions: Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant
- Languages: Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
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