Eritrea

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  • Ambassadors’ Girls Scholarship Program (AGSP)

    Topics: Community Mobilization, Girls Education, HIV/AIDS, Primary Education, Secondary Education

    Approaches: Secondary Education, Secondary Education, Secondary Education,

    Geographic Areas: Africa, Kenya, Niger, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Chad, Somalia, Sudan, Cameroon, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Guinea

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Eritreaat a Glance

Location
Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan

Population
4,561,599

Population Growth Rate
2.51%

Religions
Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant

Languages
Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages

Literacy
definition:  NA
total population:  58.6%
male: 69.9%
female:  47.6% (2003 est.)

Related Resources
CIA Fact Book-Eritrea