Eritrea-Geographic+and+Statistics

Map of Eritrea- Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea. Eritrea is surrounded by Sudan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. The country has a high central plateau that varies from 1,800 to 3,000 meters (6,000 to 10,000 feet) above sea level. A coastal plain, western lowlands, and some 300 islands comprise the remainder of Eritrea's land mass. Eritrea has no year-round rivers or lakes. The only body of water near Eritrea is the Red Sea. The climate is temperate in the mountains and hot in the lowlands. Asamara, the capital, is about 3,000 meters (10,000 ft) above sea level. Maximum temperature is 26 °C (80 °F). The weather is usually sunny and dry, with the short or belg rains occurring February-April and the big rains beginning in late June and ending in mid-September. //total:// 124,320 km² //land:// 121,320 km² //water:// 3,000 km² //total:// 1,630 km Note that the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia is disputed.
 * Map references:** Africa
 * Area:**
 * Area - comparative:** slightly larger than Pennsylvania
 * Land boundaries:**
 * Coastline:** 2,234 km total; mainland on Red Sea 1,151 km, islands in Red Sea 1,083 km
 * Maritime claims:** NA
 * Climate:** hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 610 mm of rainfall annually); semiarid in western hills and lowlands; rainfall heaviest during June-September except in coastal desert
 * 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


 * Natural resources:** gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, and fish.[|]

Statistics of Eritrea-
 * || Yr 2005 ||
 * Population, total (millions) || 0.5 ||
 * Population growth (annual %) || 2.3 ||
 * Surface area (sq. km) (thousands) || 28.1 ||
 * Life expectancy at birth, total (years) || 42.7 ||
 * Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) || 122.4 ||
 * Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) || 94.9 ||
 * GNI (current US$) (billions) || 0.5 ||
 * GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) || 710.0 ||
 * Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) || 3.2 ||

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"Eritrea Statistics." __UNICEF__. UNICEF. 6 May 2007 <[|http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/eritrea_statistics.html>.] "Eritrea." __The World Factbook__. 17 Apr. 2007. CIA. 6 May 2007 <[|https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/er.html>.]