Flag Description Red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) dividing the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower one is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle.Currency Nakfa. Astronomy Today's date is November 22, 2009. There is currently a New Moon. Location Eastern africa, bordering the red sea, between djibouti and sudan. Climate Hot, dry desert strip along red sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm 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. Elevation Extremes The lowest point is at near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m. The highest point is at Soira 3,018 m. |