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Area > Comparative
slightly larger than Pennsylvania |
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Capital city with population
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Asmara - 400,000 |
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Forested Land
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13.5% |
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[134th of 193]
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Land use > Arable land
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4.78 %
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[153rd of 241]
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Land use > Other
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95.19 %
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[75th of 241]
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Land use > Permanent crops
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0.03 %
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[188th of 241]
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Largest city population
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431,000 |
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[122nd of 174]
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Largest city with population
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Asmara - 400,000 |
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Location
Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan |
Map references
Africa |
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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12 nm
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[52nd of 190]
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Natural hazards
frequent droughts; locust swarms |
Natural resources
gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, possibly oil and natural gas, fish |
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northernmost point > Latitude
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17°59'N |
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Population density
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32.84 people per sqkm |
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[163rd of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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43.58 people/m²
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[136th of 204]
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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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585.95 people/km² of arable lan |
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[39th of 188]
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Surface area > sq. km
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117,600 km²
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[99th of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Amba Soira |
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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 |
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