Northern Red Sea Region

Northern Red Sea Zone
Zoba Semienawi Keyih Bahri
ዞባ ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ
Northern Red Sea Region in Eritrea
Northern Red Sea Region in Eritrea
Country Eritrea
CapitalMassawa
Government
 • AdministratorOsman Omar Mohammed[citation needed]
Area
 • Total27,800 km2 (10,700 sq mi)
Population
 • Total897,454[citation needed]
ISO 3166 codeER-SK
HDI (2019)0.371[1]
low · 5th

The Northern Red Sea Region (Tigrinya: ዞባ ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ, romanized: Zoba Semienawi Keyih Bahri, Italian: Regione Settentrionale del Mar Rosso), is an administrative region of Eritrea. It lies along the northern three quarters of the Red Sea, and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and the coastal city of Massawa.

As of 2005, the region had a population of 653,300 compared to a population of 576,200 in 2001. The net growth rate was 11.80 per cent. The total area of the province was 27800.00 km2 and the density was 23.50 persons per km2.

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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