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Capital
Asmara

Area
101,000 sq km (1 km = 0.62 miles), located on the Horn of Africa with a 1,000-km coastline on the Red Sea, and bordered on the northwest by Sudan, to the south and west by Ethiopia and by Djibouti to the southeast.

Language
Arab, Tigrigna, Afar, Beni-Amir, Saho, Kunama and other local languages.

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MAP:GLOBAL projected changes in agricultural productivity 2080 due to climate change, incorporating the effects of carbon fertilization
Projected losses in food production due to climate change by 2080. Based on a consensus estimate of 6 climate models and two crop modelling methods, Cline (2007) concluded that by 2080, assuming a 4.4 ...