Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan Geographic coordinates: 15° 0' N, 39° 0' E Coastline: 2,234 km (mainland on Red Sea 1,151 km, islands in Red Sea 1,083 km) km Climate: hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually, heaviest June to September); semiarid in western hills and lowlands Terrain: dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains Elevation: lowest point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m
highest point: Soira 3,018 m Natural hazards: frequent droughts; locust swarms Currency: nakfa (ERN) Population: 4,786,994 (July 2006 est.) Languages: Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages Capital: Asmara Divisions: 6 regions (zobatat, singular - zoba); Anseba, Debub (Southern), Debubawi K'eyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea), Gash Barka, Ma'akel (Central), Semenawi Keyih Bahri (Northern Red Sea)
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