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Capital of Eritrea
The capital of Eritrea is Asmara. The largest, Asmara, has around 963,000 residents in the city proper — a mid-size capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALAsmara
POPULATION963,000
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Asmara963,000 people
In context
Where Asmarasits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1MAsmara is here
50–250k
<50k
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