Southern Red Sea Region

Southern Red Sea Zone Zoba Debubawi Keyih Bahri ዞባ ደቡባዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ
Region
Southern Red Sea Region in Eritrea
Country	Eritrea
Capital	Assab
Government
• Administrator	Tsegereda Woldegergish
Area
• Total	27,600 km2 (10,700 sq mi)
Population
• Total	398,073[citation needed]
ISO 3166 code	ER-DK
HDI (2019)	0.458[1] low · 2nd

The Southern Red Sea Region (Tigrinya: ዞባ ደቡባዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ, romanized: Zoba Däbubawi Käyh Bahri, Italian: Reggione Meridionale del Mar Rosso), is an administrative region of Eritrea. It lies along the southern half of the Red Sea, and contains the coastal city of Assab. It borders the Northern Red Sea Region, and has an area of around 27,600 km² (10,700 sq mi).

As of 2005, the region had a population of 83,500 compared to a population of 73,700 in 2001. The net growth rate was 11.74%. The total area of the province was 27600.00 km² and the density was 3.03 persons per km².