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  Eritrea
Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea.
Off the sandy and arid coastline, the Dahlak Islands are situated, an archipelago with fishing grounds.
The land to the south, in the highlands, is slightly less dry, and cooler.
www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Eritrea.html   (704 words)

  
 Eritrea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As part of an agreement to cease hostilities the two nations agreed to refer the issue to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the the Hague.
The country is virtually bisected by one of the world's longest mountain ranges, the Great Rift Valley, with fertile lands to the west and the descent to desert in the East.
Off the sandy and arid coastline is situated the Dahlak Archipelago and its fishing grounds.
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 Dahlak Archipelago - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
There are two large and 124 small islands.
The pearl fisheries there were known to the Romans and still produce a few pearls.
Long part of Ethiopia, the islands became part of Eritrea after that country's independence in 1993.
messenger.yahooligans.com /reference/encyclopedia/entry/DahlakAr   (125 words)

  
 Top 20 Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The local Tigrigna and the wider Arabic language are the two predominant languages for official purposes, but English and Italian are also spoken.
Dahlik is a newly discovered language spoken on the Dahlak Archipelago.
The dominant religions are Christianity and Islam, each group representing roughly 50% of the population.
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