Eritrea

 Overview Eritrea is a very interesting country that has many differnt languages, cultures, food, and landscape. It is a very beautiful country and should be a great place to anyone who wants to learn about africa.

Statistics Population : 435,000 Languages : Afar, Arabic, Tigre And Kunama, Tigrinya, Other Cushitic Languages Religion : Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant Urban Population : 20% Life Expectancy (At Birth) : 57 Years Percentage Population With Access To Safe Drinking Water : 60%0

Geography "[|Eritrea] is located in the [|Horn of Africa] and is bordered on the northeast and east by the [|Red Sea], on the west and northwest by [|Sudan], on the south by [|Ethiopia], and on the southeast by [|Djibouti]." //Eritrea Height: total:// 124 320 km² //land:// 121 320 km² //water:// 3 000 km²

The country is slightly larger then Pennsylvania. The climate is hot and dry, but much cooler and wetter in the central highlands. The natural resources are gold, potish, zinc, copper, and salt. 280 km² of the land is irrigated. media type="custom" key="3283954" /\ Eritrea City I

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History Eritrea is a name that came from the Greek.

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Economy Eritrea econmy is a lot like many of African economys. The Eritrean "Ethopian War" severely hurt Eritrea's economy. GDP growth in 1999 fell to less than 1%, and GDP decreased by 8.2% in 2000. In May 2000, Ethiopian offensive into southern Eritrea caused some $600 million in property damage and loss, including losses of $225 million in livestock and 55,000 homes. The attack prevented planting of crops in Eritrea's most productive region, causing food production to drop by 62%

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Eritrea is a single-party state, run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). Other political groups are not allowed to organise, although the non-implemented Constitution of 1997 provided for the existence of multi-party politics. The National Assembly of 150 seats (of which 75 were occupied by EPLF). National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. In September 2001 the government closed down all of the nation's privately owned print media. In 2004 the U.S. State Department declared Eritrea a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for its alleged record of religious persecutions.

Religion Eritrea has two dominant religions, Islam and Christianity. Most Muslims follow Sunni Islam. The Christians consist primarily of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church. Since May 2002, the Government of Eritrea has officially recognized the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, Sunni Islam, Catholicism, and the Evangelical Lutheran church. All other faiths and denominations are required to undergo a registration process. Jehovah's Witnesses, Bahá'í Faith, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and numerous Protestant denominations are not registered and cannot worship freely.

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Culture media type="youtube" key="KvYU-0bBRtU" height="344" width="425"this a short vid on bilen culture in eritrea. this is not mine all credit goes to the owner

Social Problems There are nearly 238,000 students in the primary, middle, and secondary levels of education. But there is not nearly enough schools in Eritrea. So many people who live there dont get all the education that they need.

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