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Eritrea

Eritrea is a country in Eastern Africa with its capital in Asmara.

Capital
Asmara
Region
Eastern Africa, Africa
Population
3.6 million
Languages
Arabic, English, Tigrinya
Currency
Eritrean nakfa (Nfk)
Area
117,600 km²
Borders
🇩🇯 Djibouti 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇸🇩 Sudan

💡 Africa's 'North Korea' — closed, militarized, with indefinite national service.

About the flag

The gold olive wreath and branch recall the country’s earlier light blue flag of the 1950s, while the red, green and blue come from the liberation front’s banner.

How to spot it: A red triangle stretching from hoist to fly splits green (top) and blue (bottom), with a gold olive wreath on the red.

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