Anseba Region

Anseba (Tigrinya: ኣንሰባ) is an inland region o Eritrea, in the wast o the kintra.

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Map o Eritrea wi the Anseba Region heichlichtit
Kintra	Eritrea
Caipital	Keren
Govrenment
• Admeenistrator	Selma Hassan
Area
• Total	23,200 km2 (9,000 sq mi)
Population
• Total	893,587
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)

Overview

Its capital is Keren an it has an area about 23,000 km². It is name after the Anseba River around which the region is situate. The river begins in the central Eritrean highland plateau, in the suburbs northwest o the capital Asmara. It then descends northwards into the northwest to the lowlands', travel to the mountains o Rora Habab an Sahel afore join in the Barka River near the border with Sudan. Other round in this region include Halhal. The region borders Gash-Barka to the sooth, the Central (Maekel) region to the sooth-east, the Northern Reid Sea Region to the east an north, an the nation o Sudan to the wast.

Destricts

The region includes the follaein destricts:

• Adi Tekelezan Destrict
• Asmat Destrict
• Elabered Destrict
• Geleb Destrict
• Hagaz Destrict
• Halhal Destrict
• Habero Destrict
• Keren Destrict
• Kerkebet Destrict
• Sela Destrict

References

• Edward Denison and Edward Paice. 2007. Eritrea, fourth edition, Published by Bradt Travel Guides, 224 pages ISBN 1841621714, 9781841621715
• C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg Archived 2010-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
• GeoHive global statistics Archived 2009-05-06 at the Wayback Machine