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Eritrea summary
Eritrea is a medium sized country with around 5M Eritrean. Official languages are Arabic, Tigrinya and English. Eritrea uses metric system (kilograms, centimeters, °C). Time zone is UTC+03:00. Currency used in Eritrea is Nakfa (ERN).
🎫 Border Rank #219
🗺️ Passport Rank #212
ATMs in Eritrea are . Internet speed in Eritrea is on average 1.1 Mbps.
🏙️ Asmara🗣️ Arabic English Tigrinya
👨👩👦👦 5M ☀️ ~27 °C 🌧 ~21 mm 👍 Least Developed 🚩 118k km2 (45k mi²)
General
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Eritrea uses 230V, 50Hz with sockets and plugs Type C and Type L.
Languages 🗣️
- Arabic
- English
- Tigrinya
Money
Currency 💱
1 ERN = 1 USDEritrea uses the Eritrean nakfa (symbol: Nfk), code ERN.Banknotes come in denominations of 100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 nakfas. Nakfa is subdivided into 100 cents. Coins come in denominations of 1 nakfa and 50, 25, 10, 5 and 1 cents.
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Phone
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Emergency Calls 🚨
Police :102
Ambulance :103
Fire department :101
Calling ☎️
InternationalTo call Eritrea, dial +, then 291 (the country code for Eritrea), then the area code (without the initial 0) and the local number.
LocallyFor local calls within Eritrea, start with the area code (with the initial 0). In the case above area code is 8 .
international: + 291 8 1234567
calling local: 08 1234567
Internet connection
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Internet speed in Eritrea is on average 1.1 Mbps.
Wifi 📡
WiFi coverage in Eritrea is very low. It's quite hard to find one.
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