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Local name: Ertra

Capital: Asmara (Asmera)

Population: 4,786,994

Government: transitional government

Currency: nakfa (ERN)

Land size: 121,320 sq km

Topography: 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

Typical foods:

Major exports: livestock, sorghum, textiles, food, small manufactures

Official language: Afar, Arabic

Other languages spoken: Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages

Religions: Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant

Literacy rate: 58.6%

Male/Female Ratio: 0.99 male(s) to every 1 female

Life expectancy: 59.03 years

Ethnic groups: ethnic Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%, other 3%

Internet users: 50,000

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