ocr: ERITREA 45 Official Name: State of Eritrea Capital: Asmara Population: 3.5 million Currency: Egyptian pound Official languages: ligrinya and Arabic LYING ON' THE SHORES of the Reds Sea, Seraye Entrea'slandscape is dominatedby province ruggedmountains, bush and the Danakil Desert. The country effectively seceded Plateat HagarNisi 10 from Ethiopiain 1991, after a 30-year war: fori independence thatleft much of its infrastructure in ruins. Afailure of 16 the harvestin1 1993 compounded the Keren Massawa new state's problems, placing Akordato 400,000 at risk of famine. The ASMARART transitional gov ...
