Eritrea
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- ER
- ISO alpha-3
- ERI
- ISO numeric
- 232
- FIPS 10-4
- ER
- GeoNames ID
- 338010
Key facts
- Capital
- Asmara
- Area
- 121,320 km²
- Population
- 6,209,262
- Currency
- Nakfa (ERN)
- Calling code
- +291
- Top-level domain
- .er
- Official languages
- aa-ER,ar,tig,kun,ti-ER
Continent
- Name
- Africa
- Code
- AF
- In this dataset
- 58 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 15
- Longitude
- 39
- Min latitude
- 12.360021871000086
- Min longitude
- 36.423647095000035
- Max latitude
- 18.004828192000048
- Max longitude
- 43.12387129000007
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/ER?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 121320,
"capital": "Asmara",
"continent_code": "AF",
"currency_code": "ERN",
"iso3_code": "ERI",
"iso_code": "ER",
"name": "Eritrea",
"population": 6209262
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/ER/regions/v1/cities?country=ER/v1/postal-codes?country=ER/v1/timezones?country=ER
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- إريتريا
- Chinese
- 厄立特里亚
- English
- Eritrea
- French
- Érythrée
- German
- Eritrea
- Hindi
- इरिट्रिया
- Italian
- Eritrea
- Japanese
- エリトリア
- Korean
- 에리트리아
- Portuguese
- Eritreia
- Russian
- Эритрея
- Spanish
- Eritrea
- Total language variants
- 145
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Africa/Asmara | UTC+03:00 | UTC+03:00 |
First-level administrative regions
- Debub Region
- Gash-Barka Region
- Maekel Region
- Anseba Region
- Northern Red Sea Region
- Southern Red Sea Region
6 of 6 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Asmara | 563,930 |
| Keren | 74,800 |
| Himora | 46,100 |
| Af’abet | 35,673 |
| Massawa | 23,100 |
| Assab | 21,300 |
| Mendefera | 17,781 |
| Barentu | 15,891 |
| Adi Keyh | 13,061 |
| Edd | 11,259 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 1,367
- First-level regions
- 6
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 145
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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