Eritrea

Eritrea

By Archer Steidl

Physical feature and land climate

physical feature

land climate

Eritrea borders the red sea.

Eritrea is a semiarid highland climate is mild and dry

History And Famous person

History

Famous person

After 1885, Italy colonized the region establishing some industries and confiscating land for farming. Asmara the capital of Eritrea still has a distinct Italian influence

Zersenay Tadesse is a distance runner and he won his first medal in the Olympic competition when he placed third in the 10,000 meter event at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Population and language

Population

Language

The largest ethnic group in Eritrea is Tigrinya

Tigrinya Arabic and English are three recognized languages
Hello in Tigrinya: ሰላም
Hello in Arabic: mrhban

Religion and General attitudes

Religion

General attitudes

The most common religions that Eritreans follow are Islam and Christianity.

Eritreans love their country and their independence and are generally optimistic, hardworking, and committed people.

Greetings and Gestures

Greetings

Gestures

The way the Eritreans greet is based on their region and ethnic group. But most people Greet with a handshake

Eritreans mostly use their right hand for making gestures and eating.

Visiting and Eating

Visiting

Eating

Often relatives or good friends visit without invitation

Some families eat separately, some eat together but when guests are at the house the kids eat separately

Family and Housing

Family

Housing

The family as a group is more important than any one person in the family.

Most houses are made of stone or brick with either a thatch or metal roof but nomads live in either portable houses or temporary houses.

Diet and the Arts

Diet

The Arts

The people like a wide variety of food. A type of food that they prefer is meat (chicken,beef,goat,or sheep mutton cooked with red pepper spices onion garlic clarified butter.

Storytelling and oral poetry have been a big part of Eritrean culture for centuries also paintings.

Tourist Activities

The Eritrean Railway is about 190 miles long.

Fiat Tagliero gas station was completed in 1938