Atlas of Eritrea

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Eritrea
ኤርትራ
إرتريا
Eritrea
ትግርኛ ኤርትራ - ሃገረ ኤርትራ[1]
العربية [2] إرتريا - دولة إرتريا

تقع إريتريا عل الشاطئ الغربي للبحر الأحمر في نقطة حاكمة عند مدخله الجنوبي وعلى مقربة من مضيق باب المندب ذي الأهمية الإستراتيجية البالغة؛ فهي تشبه مثلثا محصورا بين إثيوبيا والسودان وجيبوتي، وتبلغ مساحتها حوالي 120 كم2 تتنوع فيها التضاريس والمناخ وتمتلك شاطئًا يمتد ألف كيلومتر على البحر الأحمر، يمتد من "رأس قصار" على الحدود السودانية شمالا إلى باب المندب في "رأس أرجيتا" في جيبوتي جنوبًا، ويقع في هذا الساحل أهم موانئ البحر الأحمر وهما: "عصب" و"مصوع".

Italiano Eritrea

L'Eritrea (in Tigrigna Ērtrā) è uno stato che si trova nella parte settentrionale del Corno d'Africa, confinante con il Sudan ad ovest, con l'Etiopia a sud e con il Gibuti a sudest. L'est ed il nordest del paese hanno una lunga linea di costa sul Mar Rosso, direttamente di fronte all'Arabia Saudita e allo Yemen. Sono parte dell'Eritrea l'Arcipelago di Dahlak e alcune isole a ridosso delle isole Hanish.

English Eritrea - State of Eritrea

The State of Eritrea is a country in northern East Africa bordered by ► Sudan in the west, ► Ethiopia in the south, and ► Djibouti in the southeast. The east and northeast of the country have an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, directly across from ► Saudi Arabia and ► Yemen. The Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands are part of Eritrea.

Short name  Eritrea
Official name State of Eritrea
Status Independent country since 1991, recognized 1993
Location East Africa
Capital አሥመራ [3] (Asmara)
أسمرة ([4])
Population 4,401,000 inhabitants
Area 117,600 square kilometres (45,400 sq mi)
Major languages Tigrinya, Arabic and English (all official) Italian (working languages)
Major religions Islam, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church
More information Eritrea, Geography of Eritrea, History of Eritrea and Politics of Eritrea
More images Eritrea - Eritrea (Category).

General maps

Map of Eritrea
Map of Eritrea
Regions of Eritrea
Districts of Eritrea

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Eritrea, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Eritrea.

The Eritrean coast is was subject to the Empire of Ethiopia and its pre-decessors, like the Kingdom of Dʿmt and the Kingdom of Aksum, until the 16th century. This map shows the Kingdom of Aksum.
This map shows Aksum and surrounding countries. Aksum was dissolved in the 3rd century. In the 16th century Northern parts come under Ottoman control (from 1865 as part of the province of Egypt). The south eastern part was ruled by the Sultanate of Awsa.
In 1882 Italy takes over the port of Assab and extended its control over the area. In 1890 the Colony of Eritrea is a fact (See this map about the region in 1908}.
When Italy conquers Ethiopia in 1936, Eritrea is federated with it and Italian Somalia into Italian East Africa, shown on this map. In 1941 Eritrea is placed under British military administration after the Italian surrender in World War II. In 1952, a UN resolution federating Eritrea with Ethiopia comes into effect. Though the resolution ignores Eritrean pleas for independence it guarantees Eritreans some democratic rights and a measure of autonomy. But almost immediately after the federation goes into effect, however, these rights begin to be abridged or violated. The Eritrean parliament is unilaterally dissolved by Ethiopia in 1962 and the region is annexed. From that moment the Eritrean fight for independence is sparked, which led to the Eritrean War of Independence. After a referendum in 1993 Eritrea becomes independent. Eritrea in the Italian colonial empire in 1940

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Upper Nubia and Abyssinia, 1891
Map of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in 1892

Other maps

[[|border|251x400px]] Peoples of Eritrea
Economic map of Ethiopia (including Eritrea)
Ethnic map of Ethiopia (including Eritrea)
Vegetation map of Ethiopia (including Eritrea)

Satellite maps

Satellite map
Satellite map

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  1. ↑ This article contains special characters. - (Can't see the fonts?. Romanization: Hagere Ertra.
  2. ↑ Romanization: al-Dawla al-Iritriyya.
  3. ↑ Romanization: Asmera.
  4. ↑ Romanization: Asmaraa

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