Total fertility rate: 6.53 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality: noun: Eritrean(s) adjective: Eritrean
Ethnic divisions: ethnic Tigrays 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%,
Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%
Religions: Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant
Languages: Tigre and Kunama, Cushitic dialects, Tigre, Nora Bana,
Arabic
Labor force: NA
@Eritrea:Government
Names:
conventional long form: State of Eritrea
conventional short form: Eritrea
local long form: none
local short form: none
former: Eritrea Autonomous Region in Ethiopia
Digraph: ER
Type: transitional government
note: on 29 May 1991 ISAIAS Afworke, secretary general of the Peoples'
Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), which then served and still
serves as the country's legislative body, announced the formation of
the Provisional Government in Eritrea (PGE) in preparation for the
23-25 April 1993 referendum on independence for the autonomous region
of Eritrea; the result was a landslide vote for independence which was
proclaimed on 27 April 1993