Overview

Eritrea covers 117,600 km², with water covering close to 0% of its surface. Its 3.8 million people belong to 9 major ethnic groups practicing Christianity, Islam, and traditional beliefs, across salt-tolerant sparse vegetation, mangrove forest, xerophytic scrub, dense shrubland, evergreen forest, thorny scrub, highland forest, wooded savanna, acacia forest, and doum-palm forest, with 3 rivers, 2 international airports, 2 ports, a railway, and a passable road network. 9 cities range from 50,000 to 257,000, and one reaches 355,000.