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| Administration type | Zoba |
| Administrator | Selma Hassan |
| Capital | Keren |
| Population | 457,078 |
| Surface Area | 23,200 km² |
Anseba (Tigrinya: ኣንሰባ) is an inland region of Eritrea, in the west of the country. Its capital is Keren and it has an area of about 23,000 km². It is named after the river around which the region is situated. The river begins in the central Eritrean highland plateau, in the suburbs northwest of the capital Asmara and descends northwards into the northwestern lowlands traversing the mountains of Rora Habab and Sahel before flowing out into the Red Sea in the neighbouring country of Sudan in the vicinity of the port of Suakin. Other towns in this region include Halhal. The region borders Gash-Barka to the south, the Central region to the south-east and the Northern Red Sea region to the east and north, and the nation of Sudan to the west.
The region includes the following 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, which canid is now thought to be extirpated in the region.[1] Eritrea as a whole was extensively forested as recently as 1900 AD. 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.
Sources
- 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
- GeoHive global statistics
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