Barentu, Eritrea

Province

Barentu is the capital of the province of Gash Barka in Eritrea with 21,000 inhabitants (2005 ). Barentu lies in the arid western lowlands 30 km from the Ethiopian border and is the (market) the center of the Kunama ethnic group.

Barentu since 1995 eparchy ( bishopric ) of the Uniate Orthodox Church.

During the 2000 Eritrea - Ethiopia war occupied Ethiopian troops on May 20, 2000, the city. In the battles were devastated large parts Barentus. As a result of the conflict, there are several UN offices in Barentu; on the one hand maintains the UN Flüchtlingskomisariat (UNHCR ) office, on the other hand, the command of the western sector of the military observers of the UNMEE mission is stationed there.

  • Location in Eritrea
  • Gash Barka
  • Place in Africa
Gash-Barka Region Desert climate Kunama people
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