Eritrea
State of Eritrea · إريتريا · ኤርትራ
Eritrea (ER, ERI) is a country in Eastern Africa, with Asmara as its capital. The currency is the Eritrean Nakfa (ERN, ERN). The international dialling code is +291 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 07 123 456. The time zone is Africa/Asmara. Official languages: English and Arabic.
CurrencyERNERN
Dial code+291e.g. 07 123 456
Time zoneAsmaraUTC+03:00
LanguageEnglish+1 more
CapitalAsmara
Population6.3M117.6K km²
Overview
- Official name
- State of Eritrea
- Native name
- إريتريا · Eritrea · ኤርትራ
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- ER
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- ERI
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 232
- IOC code
- ERI
- Demonym
- Eritrean
- Capital
- Asmara
- Region
- Africa › Eastern Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Eastern Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .er
- Coordinates
- 15, 39
- Area
- 117,600 km²
- Population
- 6,343,960
- GDP
- $9.7B ($1.5K per person)
- Literacy
- 68.9%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Eritrean Nakfa ERN
- Symbol
- ERN
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- Nfk 1,234.50
Former currencies: ETB
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Asmara | UTC+03:00 | none | East Africa Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +291
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 7 digits
- Emergency number
- 112 pattern 1(?:1[2-46]|24422)|20(?:1(?:606|917)|2914)|(?:1277|2020)99
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 08 370 362 | +291 8 370 362 | XX XXX XXX | 7 |
| Mobile | 07 123 456 | +291 7 123 456 | XX XXX XXX | 7 |
Show the 1 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d)(\d{3})(\d{3}) | [178] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
No address data.
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also H
- Calendars
- gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Eritrea) locale (en-ER), amounts in ERN.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (ERN)
- Nfk 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (Nfk 1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Eritrean nakfas
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 pm
- Time, short
- 3:04 pm
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 3:04 pm
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C