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Eritrea

Official name:: State of Eritrea
Name in native language:: ሃገረ ኤርትራ / Hagere Ertra
Capital:: Asmara

ISO country code: ER
Nat. statistical agency:: Commissariat General du Plan
Region:: Eastern Africa

Census Results

1984-04-09 : 2,748,304

Eritrea

Administrative units

Zoba	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2001 estimate	population 2005 estimate
source: 2001 - Ministry of Local Government, 2001 population count. source: 2005 - FAO mission estimate. note: Debubawi Keyih Bahri (aka Debub-Keih-Bahri) = Southern Red Sea; Semenawi Keyih Bahri (aka Semien-Keih-Bahri) = Northern Red Sea.
Zoba Ānseba	Keren	23,200	484,200	549,000
Zoba Debub	Mendefera	8,000	839,700	952,100
Zoba Debubawī K'eyih Bahrī	Assab	27,600	73,700	83,500
Zoba Gash Barka	Barentu	33,200	625,100	708,800
Zoba Ma'ākel	Asmara	1,300	595,900	675,700
Zoba Semēnawi K'eyih Bahrī	Massawa	27,800	576,200	653,300
total		121,100	3,194,800	3,622,400

Main cities

name	population 1990-07-01 estimate
Asmara	358,100
source: United Nations Statistics Division.