Place:Eritrea

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NameEritrea
Alt namesErtrasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-85
State of Eritreasource: Wikipedia
Érythréesource: UN Terminology Bulletin (1993) corrigendum, June 25, 1993
Ērtrasource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 196
TypeNation
Coordinates15°N 39°E
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Adi Keyh
Adi Quala
Afabet
Badme
Filfil
Ghinda
Senafe
Region
Akele Guzai
Anseba
Asmara
Barka
Debub
Denkalia
Gash Setit
Gash-Barka
Hamasien
Maekel
Northern Red Sea
Sahel
Semhar
Senhit
Seraye
Southern Red Sea
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Eritrea ( or ; Ge'ez: , Arabic: إرتريا Iritrīyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea is the Italian form of the Greek name (Erythraíā), meaning "red [land]". The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeast and east of the country has an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, directly across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands are part of Eritrea. Eritrea's size is approximately with an estimated population of 6 million.

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