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Required travel documents for Eritrea

Required travel documents for Eritrea: passport [...]

Electric power

Electric power: 220V / 50 Hz [...]

Area code to Eritrea

Area code to Eritrea: +291 [...]

Transportation

Railways: total: 317 km narrow gauge: 317 km 0.950-m gauge (1999) 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 [...]

Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 23,578 (2000) Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1995) Telephone system: domestic: very inadequate; most telephones are in Asmara; government is seeking international tenders to improve the system international: NA [...]

History

Eritrea had been ruled by many powers before it was colonised by the Italians in 1885. The Italians remained in power until they were defeated by Allied Forces in World War II (1941), and Eritrea became a British protectorate. After the war, the United Na [...]

Dekemhare, Eritrea

Dekemhare is one of the lovely cities in Eritrea. It is know for its growing of fruits such as grapes, peach and more. More info on: www.world66.com [...]

Eritrea

Although the country is quite small it is surprisingly diverse. Eritrea is bordered on the east by the Red Sea, on the south-east by Djibouti, on the south by Ethiopia, and on the north-west by Sudan, it has an area of 121,144 sq km (46,774 sq mi). < [...]

Qohaito

The favourite topic of conversation among regional historians is whether or not the ruins of Qohaito, 120km (74mi) south of Asmara, were once the inhabited walls of the ancient town of Koloe, a commercially important place during the good times of the g [...]

Massawa

The port of Massawa, which lies 100km (62mi) to the northeast of Asmara, has long been a cultural sponge because of its deep Red Sea harbour, used over many centuries by various foreign traders and invaders - the latter included the Turks, who squatted [...]