Eritrean Geography, Eritrea Geography
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Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan
Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 39 00 E
Map references: Africa
Area: Total: 121,320 sq km land: 121,320 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative: Slightly larger than Pennsylvania
Land boundaries: Total: 1,626 km border countries: Djibouti 109 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km
Coastline: 2,234 km total; mainland on Red Sea 1,151 km, islands in Red Sea 1,083 km
Maritime claims: Territorial sea: 12 nm
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
Terrain: 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
Elevation extremes: Lowest point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m highest point: Soira 3,018 m
Natural resources: Gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, possibly oil and natural gas, fish
Land use: Arable land: 4.95% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 95.02% (2001)
Irrigated land: 220 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards: Frequent droughts; locust swarms
Environment - current issues: Deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing; loss of infrastructure from civil warfare
Environment - international agreements: Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note: Strategic geopolitical position along world's busiest shipping lanes; Eritrea retained the entire coastline of Ethiopia along the Red Sea upon de jure independence from Ethiopia on 24 May 1993
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The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources such as the CIA World Factbook. No liability can be taken for any inaccuracies.
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