Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 230V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Eritrea
- +291
What every visitor should know about Eritrea:
- Money
- The currency is the Eritrean nakfa (ERN). 10 ERN is worth about US$0.67, or €0.47.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4 out of 5 (Safe)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Asmara (Asmera)
- Tap water
- Very dangerous. Water-borne disease is widespread and purification is unreliable. Drink boiled or bottled water only.
Eritrea facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 5,647,168
- Language
- Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
- Ethnicity
- Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%, other 3%
Economy
- GDP
- US$700 (per capita)