Flag of Eritrea
Officially State of Eritrea
Locally Ertra · ኤርትራ
What the flag looks like
A red triangle based on the hoist stretches to the fly, dividing a green upper triangle from a blue lower one; a gold olive branch inside a gold olive wreath stands upright in the hoist part of the red triangle.
What it means
Green stands for agriculture, blue for the Red Sea and red for the blood shed in the fight for independence; the olive branch and wreath stand for peace.
How to remember it
Eritrea's
red triangle reaches all the way to the fly, splitting green land from the blue Red Sea, with a gold olive wreath at the hoist.
Fun facts
- Eritrea became independent from Ethiopia in 1993, confirmed by a referendum after a 30-year war.
- Its capital Asmara was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017 for its early 20th-century modernist architecture.
Eritrea at a glance
- Capital
- Asmara
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Population
- 3.5 million
- Area
- 117,600 km²
- Languages
- Arabic, English, Tigrinya
- Currency
- Eritrean nakfa (Nfk)
- Flag adopted
- 1995