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World Gazetteer Results for Maekel:
NameMaekel
Geographical TypeZoba
Population766534
CountryEritrea
3rd Administrative DivisionCôtes-dArmor
Dictionary Results for Eritrea:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Eritrea
    n 1: an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea;
         achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993 [syn:
         Eritrea, State of Eritrea]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Eritrea \Eritrea\ n.
   1. a province of N Ethiopia on the Red Sea.
      [WordNet 1.5]

3. CIA World Factbook 2002
Eritrea

   Introduction Eritrea
   --------------------
                            Background: 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 will
                                        monitor the border region until an
                                        international commission determines
                                        and demarcates the boundary between
                                        the two countries.
  
   Geography Eritrea
   -----------------
                              Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Red
                                        Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan
                Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 39 00 E
                        Map references: Africa
                                  Area: total: 121,320 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 121,320 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly larger than Pennsylvania
                       Land boundaries: total: 1,626 km
                                        border countries: Djibouti 109 km,
                                        Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km
                             Coastline: 2,234 km total; mainland on Red Sea
                                        1,151 km, islands in Red Sea 1,083
                                        km
                       Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea
                                        coast; cooler and wetter in the
                                        central highlands (up to 61 cm of
                                        rainfall annually); semiarid in
                                        western hills and lowlands; rainfall
                                        heaviest during June-September
                                        except in coastal desert
                               Terrain: dominated by extension of Ethiopian
                                        north-south trending highlands,
                                        descending on the east to a coastal
                                        desert plain, on the northwest to
                                        hilly terrain and on the southwest
                                        to flat-to-rolling plains
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: near Kulul within the
                                        Denakil depression -75 m
                                        highest point: Soira 3,018 m
                     Natural resources: gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt,
                                        possibly oil and natural gas, fish
                              Land use: arable land: 3.87%
                                        permanent crops: 0.02%
                                        other: 96.11% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 220 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: frequent droughts; locust swarms
          Environment - current issues: deforestation; desertification; soil
                                        erosion; overgrazing; loss of
                                        infrastructure from civil warfare
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: strategic geopolitical position
                                        along world's busiest shipping
                                        lanes; Eritrea retained the entire
                                        coastline of Ethiopia along the Red
                                        Sea upon de jure independence from
                                        Ethiopia on 24 May 1993
  
   People Eritrea
   --------------
                            Population: 4,465,651 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 42.9% (male 958,564;
                                        female 955,625)
                                        15-64 years: 53.9% (male 1,192,454;
                                        female 1,213,313)
                                        65 years and over: 3.2% (male
                                        73,017; female 72,678) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 3.8% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 42.25 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 11.82 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 7.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        note: UNHCR began repatriating about
                                        150,000 Eritrean refugees from Sudan
                                        in 2001 following the restoration of
                                        diplomatic relations between the two
                                        countries in 2000 (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 1 male(s)/female
                                        total population: 0.99 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 73.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 56.57 years
                                        female: 59.13 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 54.09 years
                  Total fertility rate: 5.8 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 2.87% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Eritrean(s)
                                        adjective: Eritrean
                         Ethnic groups: ethnic Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and
                                        Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea
                                        coast dwellers) 3%, other 3%
                             Religions: Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman
                                        Catholic, Protestant
                             Languages: Afar, Amharic, Arabic, Tigre and
                                        Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic
                                        languages
                              Literacy: definition: NA
                                        total population: 25%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Eritrea
   ------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: State of
                                        Eritrea
                                        conventional short form: Eritrea
                                        local long form: Hagere Ertra
                                        former: Eritrea Autonomous Region in
                                        Ethiopia
                                        local short form: Ertra
                       Government type: transitional government
                                        note: following a successful
                                        referendum on independence for the
                                        Autonomous Region of Eritrea on 23-
                                        25 April 1993, a National Assembly,
                                        composed entirely of the People's
                                        Front for Democracy and Justice or
                                        PFDJ, was established as a
                                        transitional legislature; a
                                        Constitutional Commission was also
                                        established to draft a constitution;
                                        Afworki ISAIAS was elected president
                                        by the transitional legislature; the
                                        constitution, ratified in May 1997,
                                        did not enter into effect, pending
                                        parliamentary and presidential
                                        elections; parliamentary elections
                                        had been scheduled to take place in
                                        December 2001, but were postponed;
                                        currently the sole legal party is
                                        the People's Front for Democracy and
                                        Justice (PFDJ), though a draft
                                        political parties law is under
                                        consideration
                               Capital: Asmara (formerly Asmera)
              Administrative divisions: 6 regions (regions, singular -
                                        region); Central, Anelba, Southern
                                        Red Sea, Northern Red Sea, Southern,
                                        Gash-Barka
                          Independence: 24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 24 May (1993)
                          Constitution: the transitional constitution,
                                        decreed on 19 May 1993, was replaced
                                        by a new constitution adopted on 23
                                        May 1997, but not yet implemented
                          Legal system: primary basis is the Ethiopian legal
                                        code of 1957, with revisions; new
                                        civil, commercial, and penal codes
                                        have not yet been promulgated; also
                                        relies on customary and post-
                                        independence-enacted laws and, for
                                        civil cases involving Muslims,
                                        Sharia law
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Afworki
                                        ISAIAS (since 8 June 1993); note -
                                        the president is both the chief of
                                        state and head of government and is
                                        head of the State Council and
                                        National Assembly
                                        head of government: President
                                        Afworki ISAIAS (since 8 June 1993);
                                        note - the president is both the
                                        chief of state and head of
                                        government and is head of the State
                                        Council and National Assembly
                                        cabinet: State Council is the
                                        collective executive authority;
                                        members appointed by the president
                                        elections: president elected by the
                                        National Assembly; election last
                                        held 8 June 1993 (next election date
                                        uncertain as the National Assembly
                                        did not hold a presidential election
                                        in December 2001 as anticipated)
                                        election results: ISAIAS Afworki
                                        elected president; percent of
                                        National Assembly vote - ISAIAS
                                        Afworki 95%
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (150
                                        seats; term limits not established)
                                        elections: in May 1997, following
                                        the adoption of the new
                                        constitution, 75 members of the PFDJ
                                        Central Committee (the old Central
                                        Committee of the EPLF), 60 members
                                        of the 527-member Constituent
                                        Assembly which had been established
                                        in 1997 to discuss and ratify the
                                        new constitution, and 15
                                        representatives of Eritreans living
                                        abroad were formed into a
                                        Transitional National Assembly to
                                        serve as the country's legislative
                                        body until countrywide elections to
                                        a National Assembly were held;
                                        although only 75 of 150 members of
                                        the Transitional National Assembly
                                        were elected, the constitution
                                        stipulates that once past the
                                        transition stage, all members of the
                                        National Assembly will be elected by
                                        secret ballot of all eligible
                                        voters; National Assembly elections
                                        scheduled for December 2001 were
                                        postponed indefinately
                       Judicial branch: High court, regional, subregional,
                                        and village courts; also have
                                        military and special courts
         Political parties and leaders: People's Front for Democracy and
                                        Justice or PFDJ, the only party
                                        recognized by the government
                                        [Afworki ISAIAS]; note - a National
                                        Assembly committee drafted a law on
                                        political parties in January 2001,
                                        but the full National Assembly had
                                        not yet debated or voted on it as of
                                        December 2001
          Political pressure groups and Eritrean Islamic Jihad or EIJ;
                               leaders: Eritrean Liberation Front or ELF
                                        [ABDULLAH Muhammed]; Eritrean
                                        Liberation Front-Revolutionary
                                        Council or ELF-RC [Ahmed NASSER];
                                        Eritrean Liberation Front-United
                                        Organization or ELF-UO [Mohammed
                                        Said NAWD]; Eritrean Public Forum or
                                        EPF [ARADOM Iyob]
             International organization ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, FAO, IBRD,
                         participation: ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS
                                        (associate), IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO,
                                        Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OPCW,
                                        PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU,
                                        WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador GIRMA
                                        Asmerom
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 319-1991
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 319-1304
                                        chancery: 1708 New Hampshire Avenue
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20009
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Donald
                                    US: J. McCONNELL
                                        embassy: Franklin D. Roosevelt
                                        Street, Asmara
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 211,
                                        Asmara
                                        telephone: [291] (1) 120004
                                        FAX: [291] (1) 127584
                      Flag description: red isosceles triangle (based on the
                                        hoist side) dividing the flag into
                                        two right triangles; the upper
                                        triangle is green, the lower one is
                                        blue; a gold wreath encircling a
                                        gold olive branch is centered on the
                                        hoist side of the red triangle
  
   Economy Eritrea
   ---------------
                    Economy - overview: Since independence from Ethiopia on
                                        24 May 1993, Eritrea has faced the
                                        economic problems of a small,
                                        desperately poor country. Like the
                                        economies of many African nations,
                                        the economy is largely based on
                                        subsistence agriculture, with 80% of
                                        the population involved in farming
                                        and herding. The Ethiopian-Eritrea
                                        war in 1998-2000 severely hurt
                                        Eritrea's economy. GDP growth in
                                        1999 fell to less than 1%, and GDP
                                        decreased by 8.2% in 2000. The May
                                        2000 Ethiopian offensive into
                                        northern Eritrea caused some $600
                                        million in property damage and loss,
                                        including losses of $225 million in
                                        livestock and 55,000 homes. The
                                        attack prevented planting of crops
                                        in Eritrea's most productive region,
                                        causing food production to drop by
                                        62%. Even during the war, Eritrea
                                        developed its transportation
                                        infrastructure, asphalting new
                                        roads, improving its ports, and
                                        repairing war damaged roads and
                                        bridges. Eritrea's economic future
                                        remains mixed. The cessation of
                                        Ethiopian trade, which mainly used
                                        Eritrean ports before the war,
                                        leaves Eritrea with a large economic
                                        hole to fill. Eritrea's economic
                                        future depends upon its ability to
                                        master fundamental social problems
                                        like illiteracy, unemployment, and
                                        low skills, and to convert the
                                        diaspora's money and expertise into
                                        economic growth.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $3.2
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 7% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $740 (2001
                                        est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 17%
                                        industry: 29%
                                        services: 54% (2001 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 15% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: NA
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 80%, industry and
                                        services 20%
                     Unemployment rate: NA%
                                Budget: revenues: $206.4 million
                                        expenditures: $615.7 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2000 est.)
                            Industries: food processing, beverages, clothing
                                        and textiles
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
              Electricity - production: 210 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 195.3 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh NA kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh NA kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn,
                                        cotton, tobacco, coffee, sisal;
                                        livestock, goats; fish
                               Exports: $34.8 million (f.o.b., 2000)
                 Exports - commodities: livestock, sorghum, textiles, food,
                                        small manufactures
                    Exports - partners: Sudan 27.2%, Ethiopia 26.5%, Japan
                                        13.2%, UAE 7.3%, Italy 5.3% (1998)
                               Imports: $470.5 million (c.i.f., 2000)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery, petroleum products, food,
                                        manufactured goods
                    Imports - partners: Italy 17.4%, UAE 16.2%, Germany
                                        5.7%, UK 4.5%, Korea 4.4% (1998)
                       Debt - external: $281 million (2000 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $77 million (1999)
                              Currency: nakfa (ERN)
                         Currency code: ERN
                        Exchange rates: nakfa (ERN) per US dollar - 9.5
                                        (January 2000), 7.6 (January 1999),
                                        7.2 (March 1998 est.)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Eritrea
   ----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 30,000 (2001)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: NA; note - mobile cellular service
                                        was introduced in May 2001
                      Telephone system: general assessment: inadequate
                                        domestic: very inadequate; most
                                        telephones are in Asmara; government
                                        is seeking international tenders to
                                        improve the system (2002)
                                        international: NA; note -
                                        international connections exist
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM NA, shortwave 2 (2000)
                                Radios: 345,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 1 (2000)
                           Televisions: 1,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .er
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 5 (2001)
                        Internet users: 12,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Eritrea
   ----------------------
                              Railways: total: 317 km
                                        narrow gauge: 317 km 0.950-m gauge
                                        note: links Ak'ordat and Asmara with
                                        the port of Massawa; nonoperational
                                        since 1978 except for about a 5 km
                                        stretch that was reopened in Massawa
                                        in 1994; rehabilitation of the
                                        remainder and of the rolling stock
                                        is under way (2001 est.)
                              Highways: total: 3,850 km
                                        paved: 810 km
                                        unpaved: 3,040 km (2000)
                             Waterways: none
                     Ports and harbors: Assab (Aseb), Massawa (Mits'iwa)
                       Merchant marine: total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 19,100 GRT/23,399 DWT
                                        ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 2,
                                        liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 1,
                                        roll on/roll off 1 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 21 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 4
                                        over 3,047 m: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 17
                                        over 3,047 m: 1
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 7
                                        under 914 m: 2 (2001)
  
   Military Eritrea
   ----------------
                                    Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force
                Military expenditures - dollar figure: $138.3 million (FY01)
               Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 19.8% (FY01)
  
   Transnational Issues Eritrea
   ----------------------------
              Disputes - international: Eritrea and Ethiopia have expressed
                                        general approval of the April 2002
                                        arbitration commission ruling re-
                                        delimiting the boundary, the focus
                                        of their 1998-2000 war; United
                                        Nations Mission in Ethiopia and
                                        Eritrea (UNMEE) will monitor
                                        activities within the 25-km wide
                                        temporary security zone in Eritrea
                                        until demarcation and de-mining are
                                        complete; Yemen has asserted
                                        traditional fishing rights to
                                        islands ceded to Eritrea in ICJ
                                        ruling
  
                                       



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