Eritrea
Red Sea coast and Art Deco streets
Passport card
State of Eritrea
Eritrea
- Capital
- Asmara
- Continent
- Africa
- Currency
- Nakfa
- Languages
- Tigrinya, Arabic and English
- People
- About 45 lakh
- Size
- About 1.2 lakh km²
- Leader
- President Isaias Afwerki
- Free since
- 24 May 1993
- Time
- 2½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Asmara
⭐ Eritrea has never had a census: estimates say 35 to 60 lakh people live there.
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Eritrea
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Eritrea
Turn the globe with your finger. Eritrea has 3 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Eritrea and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 28 times the size of Eritrea.
- PeopleIndia has about 320 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 45 lakh in Eritrea.
- DistanceAsmara is about 4,200 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeEritrea is 2½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Asmara.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Eritrea, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Eritrea
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Eritrea's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Eritrea back on the map
Eritrea and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 4 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Eritrea worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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