ERITREA ERITREA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE MAY 24 1993 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MAY 1997 POPULATION 3984723 1999 EST AREA 45300 SQ MI CAPITAL ASMARA FORM OF GOVERNMENT TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT MAIN INDUSTRIES FOOD PROCESSING TEXTILES AGRICULTURE COTTON COFFEE TOBACCO LENTILS NATURAL RESOURCES GOLD COPPER ZINC POTASH CURRENCY ETHIOPIAN BIRR GDP 2.5 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 660 1998 EST LANGUAGES TIGRINYA TIGRE RELIGIONS MUSLIM CHRISTIAN LITERACY RATE 20 LIFE EXPECTANCY 54 YEARS MALE 58 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 43 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 12 PER 1000 POPULATION
