Keren, Eritrea

Province

Keren ( Cheren Italian ) is a city in the interior of Eritrea with 76 712 inhabitants.

It is the capital of Anseba region and has a largely Muslim population. In Keren one speaks Arabic, Tigrinya, Tigray and Blin.

During the Second World War ended the Battle of Keren between the advancing British troops from Sudan and the Italian colonial power with the British victory, which also led to the capitulation of the Italian troops and then largely unopposed occupation of Eritrea by the British.

Keren in 1922 was associated with a rail link from Asmara ago. It was destroyed in the Eritrean War of Independence and was not rebuilt.

In Keren has a hospital and a school for the deaf in sponsorship of the ELCE ( evangelican lutheran church of Eritrea ).

Religion

The Eparchy of Keren is a Diocese of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, which has been in union with the Roman Catholic Church.