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Eritrea

Eritrea is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 37 and ITU zone 48. Its primary prefix is E3.

Flag of Eritrea.

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Figure 1. Eritrea and its regions, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.005942 degrees, about 661 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 15.2° N 39.8° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	051
Name in the ADIF standard	ERITREA
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	E3
CQ zone	37
ITU zone	48

Prefixes

E3 is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Eritrea.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.