What the records say
- When
- 1993
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Eritrea
- Coordinates
- 15.79° N, 38.29° E
- Process
- secession
- Type
- Secession (establish new indep. entities)
- Pop
- 3000000
- Area km2
- 124993
- Losing
- Ethiopia
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Eritrea
Country in the Horn of Africa
Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. Its capital and largest city is Asmara. The country is bordered by Ethiopia to the south, Sudan to the west, and Djibouti to the southeast. The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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- She'eb massacre12 May 1988 · Massacre · Deaths 200
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