World Countries

Eritrea

Eritrea coat of arms
The flag of Eritrea comprises three triangles — a large red isosceles triangle with its base spanning the hoist end and its apex at the midpoint on the fly end, and a green and blue right-angled triangle above and beneath the red triangle. On the hoist side of the red triangle is a golden vertical olive branch encircled by a golden olive wreath.

Common Name: Eritrea

Official Name: State of Eritrea

Geographic Details

CapitalAsmara
Continent(s)Africa
RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
Landlocked❌
Area117,600 km²
Coordinates(15° 0' N, 39° 0' E)

Demographic and Political Information

Population5,352,000
CurrencyEritrean nakfa (Nfk)
TimezonesUTC+03:00
LanguagesArabic, English, Tigrinya
UN Member✅

Additional Information

Top-level Domain.er
Calling Code+2
Independent✅
Start of weekmonday
alpha2CodeER
alpha3CodeERI