Gash-Barka Region

Gash-Barka () is ane o the sax regions o Eritrea. It is situatit in the sooth-wast o the kintra, borderin the Anseba Region tae the north, an the Central an Soothren regions tae the east; the kintra o Sudan lees tae the wast an Ethiopie tae the sooth.

The caipital o Gash-barka is Barentu. Ither touns include Agordat (the umwhile caipital), Molki, Sebderat an Teseney.

Wi an aurie o 37,000 square kilometers an a population of 567,000, the Gash Barka region makes up roughly ane-third o Eritrea. Mony caw this region the "breadbasket" as the region is rich in agricultur. Mony believe there are ower 3.5 million fermstockin in this region, an mony camels. The region is an aw rich in marble, an ither important minerals, includin gowd. In Augaro, there are some auld mineshafts an machinery frae the days when the Italians mined gowd here.

Maist o the fowk in the aurie tend tae be healthy an well-fed, a rarity in this aurie o Africae.

The region an aw includes the follaeing destricts:

 Agordat Ceety
 Barentu Ceety
 Dghe
 Forto
 Gogne
 Haykota
 Logo Anseba
 Mensura
 Mogolo
 Molki
 Omhajer (Guluj)
 Shambuko
 Tesseney
 Upper Gash

References

 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 


Category:Regions o Eritrea
Category:States an territories established in 1996