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'''Eritrea''' ({{lang-gez|ኤርትራ}}) was a historical region and province in the far-north part of [[Ethiopia]], with its capital city at [[Asmara]]. |
'''Eritrea''' ({{lang-gez|ኤርትራ}}) was a historical region and province in the far-north part of [[Ethiopia]], with its capital city at [[Asmara]]. |
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Eritrea (Ge'ez: ኤርትራ) was a historical region and province in the far-north part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Asmara.
History
The province formerly and historically was called Medri Bahri (Land of the Sea). Its name was changed to Eritrea following the Italian invasion into the region and the establishment of Italian Eritrea.
After colonial rule, Eritrea was an autonomous state in Abyssinia and in the later Democratic People's Republic of Ethiopia. However, autonomy was abolished between 1962 and the reign of Derg until 1987.
Eritrea, as a semi-independent province within Ethiopia, had its own democratically elected regional parliament, its own constitution, its own regional government, and Tigrinya and Arabic as its official language - as opposed to Amharic in the rest of Ethiopia. The capital of the province was Asmara.[1][2]
The most influential foreign political parties in the regional Eritrean National Assembly were the Pro-Italian New Eritrea Party, the Nationalist Independent Muslim League and the Muslim League of the Western Province.
References
- ^ Habteselassie, Bereket (1989). Eritrea and the United Nations and Other Essays. Red Sea Press. ISBN 0932415121.
- ^ Haile, Semere (1987). "The Origins and Demise of the Ethiopia-Eritrea Federation". Issue. 15. Issue: A Journal of Opinion, Vol. 15: 9–17. doi:10.2307/1166919. JSTOR 1166919.