Full Name State of Eritrea Capital Asmara Form of Government Transitional Government Date of Independence November 1941 (from Italy),24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia) Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 117,600 km2 (100th)45,405 sq mi Total Population (2005 estimate) 4,401,009 (118th) Time Zone EAT (UTC+3) Currency Nakfa GDP (nominal, 2007 estimate) $5.316 billion GDP Per Capita $271 Human Development Index .483 Languages Tigrigna, Arabic, English Etnic Groups Religions 50% Christianity, 50% Islam Principal Cities History Cuisine Music Literature TV station ERI TV Wikio Wikio ...