Anseba Region
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| Anseba Region إقليم عنسبا ዞባ ኣንሰባ Iqlim 'Anseba Zoba 'Anseba |
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| Regions | |
 Anseba Region in Eritrea |
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| Country | Eritrea |
| Capital | Keren |
| Government | |
| • Administrator | Ali Mahmoud |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23,200 km2 (9,000 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 893,587 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | ER-AN |
Anseba Region is an administrative region in the northern Eritrea. The capital and the most populous city in the region is Keren.
Overview
Its capital is Keren and it has an area of about 23,000 km2. It is named after the Anseba River around which the region is situated. The river begins in the central Eritrean highland plateau, in the suburbs northwest of the capital Asmara. It then descends northwards into the northwestern lowlands, traversing the mountains of Rora Habab and Sahel before joining the Barka River near the border with Sudan. Other towns in this region include Halhal. The region borders Gash-Barka to the south, the Maekel (Central) region to the south-east, the Northern Red Sea Region to the east and north, and the nation of Sudan to the west.
Districts
The region is divided in ten districts:
- Adi Tekelezan District
- Asmat District
- Elabered District
- Geleb District
- Hagaz District
- Halhal District
- Habero District
- Keren District
- Kerkebet District
- Sela District
Natural history
There are a number of flora and fauna species within this region. Notably this was historic habitat for the endangered painted hunting dog (Lycaon pictus), a canid which is now thought to be extirpated from the region.[1] Eritrea as a whole was extensively forested as recently as 1900. However, at present the total forest cover of Eritrea is less than one percent.[2] The deforestation in Anseba mirrors the country as a whole.
Notes
References
- Edward Denison and Edward Paice. 2007. Eritrea, fourth edition, Published by Bradt Travel Guides, 224 pages ISBN 1-84162-171-4, ISBN 978-1-84162-171-5
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- GeoHive global statistics
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