Anseba Region

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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)

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

Owerview

Its caipital is Keren an it haes an aurie o aboot 23,000 km². It is namit efter the Anseba River around which the region is situatit. The river begins in the central Eritrean heichland plateau, in the suburbs northwast o the caipital Asmara. It then descends northwards intae the northwastren lawlands, traversin the muntains o Rora Habab an Sahel afore joinin the Barka River near the border wi Sudan. Ither touns in this region include Halhal. The region borders Gash-Barka tae the sooth, the Central (Maekel) region tae the sooth-east, the Northren Reid Sea Region tae the east an north, an the nation o Sudan tae 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