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	Eritrea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea.
		The main cities of the country are the capital city of Asmara, in the east, the port town of Assab[?] in the southwest, as well as the towns of Massawa[?] and Keren[?].
		Eritrea's two main ethnic groups are the Tigrigna, which forms about half of the population, and the Tigre and Kunama[?], which amount to circa 40%.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/er/Eritrea.html (609 words)

	Eritrea - MSN Encarta
		Eritrea, independent state in Africa, bounded on the east by the Red Sea, on the southeast by Djibouti, on the south and west by Ethiopia, and on the north and northwest by Sudan.
		Formerly under Italian and British control, Eritrea was taken over by Ethiopia in 1952, provoking a long war of liberation that culminated in Eritrean independence in 1993.
		Eritrea’s environment suffers from frequent droughts and from the effects of the country’s decades-long war of independence.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576168/Eritrea.html (1139 words)

	Eritrea - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		Ethiopia’s annexation of Eritrea caused industrial expansion to be curtailed, and many factories were closed and moved to Ethiopia.
		Eritrea’s economy suffered massive damage and dislocation as a result of drought, famine and the war with Ethiopia that began in the 1960s.
		Eritrea’s unit of currency is the nakfa (7.20 nakfa equal U.S.$1; 1998).
	encarta.msn.com /text_761576168___5/Eritrea.html (338 words)

	Eritrea TRANSPORTATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Massawa, the principal port, serves Eritrea and northern Ethiopia.
		Eritrea has 3,859 km (2,392 mi) of roads, of which 810 km (503 mi) are paved in 2002.
		The government of Eritrea has established a budget for transport rehabilitation, two-thirds of which is allocated for road repair to ensure that all parts of the country have access to modern roads.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Eritrea-TRANSPORTATION.html (290 words)

	Economy of Eritrea
		Eritrea lost many valuable economic assets in particular during the last round of fighting in May-June 2000, when a significant portion of its territory in the agriculturally important west and south was occupied by Ethiopia.
		Eritrea currently suffers from large structural fiscal deficits caused by high levels of spending on defense and on emergency reconstruction and humanitarian programs, which have resulted in the stock of debt rising to unsustainable levels.
		Eritrea's economic future depends upon its ability to master social problems such as illiteracy, unemployment, and low skills, as well as the willingness to open its economy to private enterprise so that the diaspora's money and expertise can foster economic growth.
	infotut.com /geography/Eritrea/Economy (1213 words)

	COUNTRY PROFILE: ERITREA
		The other rivers in Eritrea, all of which are seasonal during the rainy season, are the Anseba, the Barka, and the Mareb, known as the Gash in its lower courses in western Eritrea, which forms a part of the border between Eritrea and the Ethiopian province of Tigray.
		Eritrea exports fish and sea cucumbers from the Red Sea to markets in Europe and Asia, and there is hope that the construction of a new, jet-capable airport in Massawa, as well as rehabilitation of the port there, may support increased exports of high-value (but perishable) seafood.
		Eritrea, along with Yemen and Djibouti, controls the Bab el Mandeb seaway between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, a point of immense strategic importance for the flow of trade, particularly of oil, between Asia and Europe.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_profiles/2004-2005/Eritrea.html (7264 words)

	Eritrea
		One of the terms of the agreement was the establishment of a UN peacekeeping operation, known as the United Nations Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE); over 4,000 UN peacekeepers remain as of August 2004.
		The vast majority of Muslims in Eritrea are Sunni Muslims.
		As of 2002, the government of Eritrea only officially recognizes the Catholic, Islamic, Orthodox and Evangelical churches (the Eritrean Orthodox Church belongs to the Oriental Orthodox Communion, not to the Eastern Orthodox Communion).
	www.mcfly.org /en/Eritrea (1043 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Regional : Africa : Eritrea
		Eritrea would have its own parliament and administration, and would be represented in the Ethiopian parliament which would function as the Federal Parliament.
		The Afar Triangle or Danakil Depression of Eritrea is the probable location of a triple junction where three tectonic plates are pulling away from one another: the Arabian Plate, and the two parts of the African Plate (the Nubian and the Somalian) splitting along the East African Rift Zone (USGS).
		Eritrea's two main ethnic groups are the Tigrigna, who represent about half of the population, and the Tigre, who are about 40%.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Regional-Africa/Eritrea.shtml (2479 words)

	Facts About Eritrea
		Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a federation.
		Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that ended in 1991 with Eritrean rebels defeating governmental forces; independence was overwhelmingly approved in a 1993 referendum.
		Eritrea currently hosts a UN peacekeeping operation that is monitoring a 25 km-wide Temporary Security Zone on the border with Ethiopia.
	worldfacts.us /Eritrea.htm (745 words)

	Eritrea (10/06)
		Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea, on the west and northwest by Sudan, on the south by Ethiopia, and on the southeast by Djibouti.
		In 1988, the EPLF captured Afabet, headquarters of the Ethiopian Army in northeastern Eritrea, prompting the Ethiopian Army to withdraw from its garrisons in Eritrea's western lowlands.
		Eritrea is a member of the African Union (AU) and the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2854.htm (3792 words)

	Eritrea
		All visitors to Eritrea who cannot be considered Eritrean citizens and who enter the country with a U.S. passport and a visa do not need an exit visa as long as they do not stay past their visa expiration date.
		U.S. citizens who were born in Eritrea, or of Eritrean parents, or who in any other way appear to have Eritrean origins, are required to register with the Immigration and Nationality office in Asmara within seven business days of their entry into the country.
		Upon arrival every visitor to Eritrea must declare how much foreign currency they are bringing into the country, and they must keep all receipts and/or transaction records for expended cash during their visit to show immigration officials upon departure.
	travel.state.gov /travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1111.html (2218 words)

	Eritrea - Country Profile - Hagere Ertra
		Eritrea is located in Eastern Africa in the Horn of Africa, to the North of Ethiopia and bordering the Red Sea in Northeast.
		Latest UN reports (2005) warned that the humanitarian situation in Eritrea was deteriorating, mainly due to recurrent drought and the protracted stalemate in the peace process with Ethiopia.
		Eritrea is a member state of COMESA, an organisation of free independent sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural and human resources for the good of all their people.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/eritrea.htm (959 words)

	Eritrea: ECONOMY
		Eritrea exports fish and sea cucumbers from the Red Sea to markets in Europe and Asia, and there is hope that the construction of a new, jet-capable airport in Massawa, as well as rehabilitation of the port there, may support increased exports of high-value seafood.
		The United Nations said Eritrea's decision to move troops and tanks into a UN buffer zone between the two countries was a "major breach" of a 2000 peace...
		Eritrea has long denied any involvement in Somalia, but a UN Security Council report in May said it has sent weapons to the Islamists repeatedly in a bid to...
	www.mongabay.com /reference/new_profiles/204.html (3371 words)

	Eritrea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eritrea (Ge'ez ኤርትራ ʾĒrtrā) is a country in northern East Africa bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast.
		Eritrea's constitution adopted in 1997 stipulates that the state is a presidential republic with a unicameral parliamentary democracy.
		The Semitic languages in Eritrea are Arabic (spoken natively by the Rashaida Arabs), Tigrinya, Tigre, and the newly recognized Dahlik; these languages (primarily Tigrinya and Tigre) are spoken as a first language by over 80% of the population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eritrea (5783 words)

	Eritrea - BCRC Pretoria country information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Since independence from Ethiopia on 24 May 1993, Eritrea has faced the economic problems of a small, desperately poor country.
		GDP growth fell to zero in 1999 and to -12.1% in 2000.
		Eritrea's economic future depends upon its ability to master social problems such as illiteracy, unemployment, and low skills, and to open its economy to private enterprise so the diaspora's money and expertise can foster economic growth.
	www.baselpretoria.org.za /Eritrea.htm (238 words)

	An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Eritrea including economic and travel overviews and directories of ...
		Eritrea is Africa's newest independent republic, having gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1993.
		Eritrea has undergone a prolonged period of drought that has seriously hindered agriculture and resulted in major food shortages, affecting a population of 4 million (2002).
		Even though, the Eritrean-Ethiopian War had affected the agricultural sector and other sectors of the economy severly, it was during the war that Eritrea developed its transportation infrastructure, asphalting new roads, improving its ports, and repairing war-damaged roads and bridges.
	www.mbendi.co.za /cyercy.htm (1014 words)

	Eritrea - Gurupedia
		1993, Eritrea is currently one of the youngest independent states.
		The May 2000 Ethiopian offensive into northern Eritrea caused some $600 million in property damage and loss, including losses of $225 million in
		Eritrea's economic future depends upon its ability to master fundamental social problems like illiteracy,
	www.gurupedia.com /e/er/eritrea.htm (585 words)

	Eritrea on the Internet
		Has an extensive Eritrea page with photographs, audio files of Tigrigna songs, etc. Berhane works with a British association of doctors.
		Eritrea's national archives which developed from the pre-independence period Research and Information Centre of Eritrea (RICE).
		It is a joint program of the Geneva-based United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and the Programme for Strategic and International Security Studies, PSIS of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/eritrea.html (2590 words)

	Eritrea facts from ALS International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The economy is largely based on subsistence agriculture, with 80% of the population involved in farming and herding.
		Eritrea's economic future depends on its ability to master fundamental social and economic problems, e.g., by reducing illiteracy, promoting job creation, expanding technical training, attracting foreign investment, and streamlining the bureaucracy.
		Eritrea's agriculture over the last two years was severely weakened by war and drought, and many farmlands must wait to be demined.
	www.alsintl.com /countries/E/eritrea.html (1031 words)

	Transport in Eritrea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article summarizes characteristics of a number of forms of transport in the coastal African nation of Eritrea.
		The next higher level road is a secondary road and typically is a single-layered asphalt road that connects district capitals together and those to the regional capitals.
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transportation_in_Eritrea (392 words)

	Eritrea, Map and Flag
		A two-and-a-half-year border war with Ethiopia that erupted in 1998 ended under UN auspices on 12 December 2000.
		Eritrea currently hosts a UN peacekeeping operation that is monitoring the border region.
		GDP growth fell to zero in 1999 and to -1% in 2000.
	www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Eritrea.html (1130 words)

	TradePort Country Profiles from World Trade Press
		A border war with Ethiopia that erupted in 1998 remains unresolved.
		Like the economies of many African nations, the economy is largely based on subsistence agriculture, with 80 percent of the population involved in farming and herding.
		The attack prevented planting of crops in Eritrea's most productive region, causing food production to drop by 62 percent.
	www.tradeport.org /countries/eritrea/01grw.html (620 words)

	Italian-Eritrean Railway and Tramway
		Though born on the aspirations of colonization, the railroad and aerial tramway of Eritrea were impressive feats.
		I spent two years in the late '60s at the American communications station at Kagnew Station in Asmara, Eritrea, Ethiopia and traveled extensively in the area.
		For the detailed technical aspects of the tramway and railroad, you have to consult other sources, Ralph R. Reinhold's Eritrean Railway and Ropeway for one gives you a lot more technical information than I do.
	www.trainweb.org /italeritrea (437 words)

	Eritrea Transportation Tips by Saagar - VirtualTourist.com
		Getting TO/AROUND: Getting to Eritrea can sometimes be difficult, because there are not that many flights and flights are often fully booked long time ahead.
		Even if this was close to 4 years ago, I assume the situation is much the same as Eritrea has gone from one economic-political crisis to the other and not much has happened in tourism development and investment.
		It would also be dangerous to try to cross illegally due to land mines, unexploded ordinance and trigger-happy nervous soldiers on both sides.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/6ed8c/e04/9 (835 words)

	African Trade Insurance Agency - Member Countries :: ERITREA
		African Trade Insurance Agency - Member Countries :: ERITREA
		Eritrea's economic future depends upon its ability to master social problems such as illiteracy, unemployment, and low skills, and to open its economy to private enterprise.
		Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births) 59.0
	www.africa-eca.com /eritrea.asp (309 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Africa - Eritrea - Economy Facts and Figures
		GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Africa - Eritrea - Economy Facts and Figures
		- Communications - Transportation - Military - Climate - Current Time - Ranking Positions
		For comments and feedback, write to us at info@GeographyIQ.com.
	www.geographyiq.com /countries/er/Eritrea_economy.htm (386 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Cultural Assets Rehabilitation Project promotes bicycle transportation throughout Eritrea, a Northeast African nation recovering after a long struggle for independence.
		The US Department of Defense supports this project by donating shipping costs.
		Already the local shop has become an integral part of the community.
	www.p4p.org /Eritrea/erit.html (45 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Eritrea
		Eritrea currently hosts a UN peacekeeping operation that is monitoring the border region until an international commission determines and demarcates the boundary between the two countries.
		Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan
		This page was last updated on 1 August, 2003
	www.factbook.org /factbook/er.shtml (1059 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Eritrea
		CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Eritrea
		Eritrea currently hosts a UN peacekeeping operation that will monitor the border region until an international commission determines and demarcates the boundary between the two countries.
		This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
	www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/wofact2002/print/er.html (1107 words)

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