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State of 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. 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 a 25 km-wide Temporary Security Zone on the border with Ethiopia. An international commission, organized to resolve the border dispute, posted its findings in 2002 but final demarcation is on hold due to Ethiopian objections. -- The CIA World Factbook: Eritrea Area of Eritrea: 121,320 sq km slightly larger than Pennsylvania Population of Eritrea: 4,447,307 July 2004 estimate Languages of Eritrea: Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya & other Cushitic languages Eritrea Capital: Asmara MSN Encarta reference Governments on the WWW links Reservations: Hotels, Airlines, Car Rental Travelocity Free Real-Time Airline Flight Tracking |
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