Eritrea Province
The Province of Eritrea (Tigrinya: ኣውራጃ ኤርትራ, Arabic: مقاطعة إريتريا) was a province in the far north part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Asmara. Eritrea gained its independence in 1993 following the Eritrean War of Independence.
| Province of Eritrea ኣውራጃ ኤርትራ مقاطعة إريتريا | |||||||||
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| Province of the Ethiopian Empire, Derg regime, People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and Transitional Government of Ethiopia | |||||||||
| 1962–1993 | |||||||||
Location of Eritrea within the Ethiopian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Asmara | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Provincial government | ||||||||
| Governor-General | |||||||||
• 1962–1964 | Abiye Abebe | ||||||||
• 1989–1991 | Tesfaye Gebre Kidan | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
• Autonomy withdrawn | 14 November 1962 | ||||||||
• De facto Independence | 29 May 1991 | ||||||||
• De jure Independence | 24 May 1993 | ||||||||
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