Eritrea
Flag of Eritrea


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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.

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Eritrea

This is a map of Eritrea. The map illustrates the location of Asmara and its proximity to Keren, Kulul, Massawa, and the Red Sea.

Other countries on this map include: Sudan / Ethiopia / Yemen

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