Key facts
- Country
- Eritrea
- Capital
- Asmara
- Administrator
- Ramadan Osman Awliyai
- Total
- 1,300 km (500 sq mi)
- Density
- 810/km (2,100/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Maekelite
- Iso 3166 code
- ER-MA
- Hdi 2022
- 0.678 , medium · 1st
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Eritrea
- Country
- Eritrea
- Located in
- Eritrea
- Capital
- Asmara
- Area
- 1300
- Elevation
- 2343
- Shares border with
- Debub Region
- Image
- Asmara 1940s (4298423930).jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Central region (Eritrea)
- native label
- ዞባ ማእከል
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Encyclopedic overview
The Central region (Tigrinya: ዞባ ማእከል, romanized: zoba maekel, Arabic: المنطقة المركزية) is an administrative region of Eritrea, located in central Eritrea. The region was formed on 15 April 1996, from the historical province of Hamasien. The region is located on the central plateau, and sits at an average of about 2,250 metres (7,380 ft) above sea level. It contains Asmara, the capital and largest city of Eritrea.
Central is the smallest region in Eritrea, and contains the major city and national capital, Asmara. As of 2005, the region had a population of 675,700 compared to a population of 595,900 in 2001. The net growth rate was 11.81 per cent. The total area of the province was 1,300.00 km and the density was 519.77 persons per km.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maekel Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.