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General Information
Area: 121,144 sq km (46,774 sq miles).
Population: 3,719,000 (official estimate 1999).
Population Density: 30.7 per sq km.
Capital: Asmara. Population: 400,000 (1994).
GEOGRAPHY: Eritrea stretches along the Red Sea for almost 1000km (625 miles). To the south and west it borders Ethiopia, to the southeast Djibouti and to the northwest Sudan. The low-lying coastal area is very humid. The mountainous interior is largely cultivated.
Government: Independent State since 1993. Head of State and Government: President Isaias Afewerki since 1993.
Language: Arabic and Tigrinya are the main business languages. Various dialects such as Afar, Bilien, Hedareb, Kunama, Nara, Saho and Tigre are also spoken. English is rapidly becoming the language of business and education, and Italian is also spoken.
Religion: 50 per cent Ethiopian Orthodox and 50 per cent Muslim.
Time: GMT + 3.
Electricity: 110/220 volts AC; there are occasional power surges.
Telephone
IDD is available to Asmara, Massawa and Assab. Country code: 291. Outgoing international code: 00. Operator assistance may be required. All larger cities are connected via the internal system.
Mobile telephone
Currently there are no facilities to use mobile telephones in Eritrea.
Fax
These can be sent and received at the Telecommunications Office in Harnet Street (Asmara); some hotels also provide services.
Internet
The main ISPs are EWAN Technical Solutions and the Eritrean PTO working with USAID’s Leland project. There is Internet access in the main towns.
Telegram
International services are available in the office in Asmara.
Post
International post services have not been resumed with all countries. Delays are likely.
Press
The Eritrea Profile is published weekly in English. Hadas Eritrea is published three times a week in English, Arabic and Tigrinya.
BBC World Service and Voice of America frequencies: From time to time these change.
BBC (website: www.co.uk/worldservice):
Voice of America (website: www.voa.gov):
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