Eritrea
geographical nameDefinition of Eritrea
country of northeastern Africa bordering on the Red Sea across from Yemen and Saudi Arabia; capital Asmara; became part of Ethiopia in 1962 and then became independent in 1993; area 45,405 square miles (117,599 square kilometers), population 4,252,000
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