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Eritrea is in East Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan, with a long disputed border with Ethiopia.

Contents 1 Regions 2 Cities 3 Other destinations 4 Understand 4.1 Climate 4.2 Landscape 5 Get in 5.1 By plane 5.2 By train 5.3 By car 5.4 By bus 5.5 By boat 6 Get around 7 Talk 8 Buy 8.1 Costs 9 Eat 10 Drink 11 Sleep 12 Learn 13 Work 14 Stay safe 15 Stay healthy 16 Respect 17 Contact

Regions

• Central
• Anelba
• Southern Red Sea
• Northern Red Sea
• Southern
• Gash-Barka

Cities

• Asmara (Asmera)
• Assab (Aseb)
• Keren
• Kulul
• Massawa (Mits'iwa)
• Nakfa
• Tio

Other destinations

Understand

Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a federation. Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that ended in 1991 with Eritrean rebels defeating governmental forces; independence was overwhelmingly approved in a 1993 referendum. A two-and-a-half-year border war with Ethiopia that erupted in 1998 ended under UN auspices in December 2000. Eritrea currently hosts a UN peacekeeping operation that is monitoring a 25 km-wide Temporary Security Zone on the border with Ethiopia. An international commission, organized to resolve the border dispute, posted its findings in 2002 but final demarcation is on hold due to Ethiopian objections.

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.

Landscape

At the head 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. Eritrea retained the entire coastline of Ethiopia along the Red Sea upon declaring independence from Ethiopia in 1993.

Get in

By plane

A number of airlines make a number of flights to the capital Asmara. Eritrean Airlines is the major airline flying to Eritrea at this time. The airline flyes to a number of destination in Africa, Europe and Asia. The service is well rated. You might also consider Egyptair from cairo. There is a 20eur, 20$us airport fee payable upon departure.

By train

By car

By bus

By boat

Ports and harbors: Assab (Aseb), Massawa (Mits'iwa) Unfortunately there is no passenger trafic leaving Eritrea.

Get around

You will need a permit if you consider traveling outside asmara's city limits. This permit can usually be obtained on the same day from the tourist bureau on liberation avenue.

Talk

Buy

Costs

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Learn

Work

Stay safe

Stay healthy

Respect

Contact

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