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18 — EASO Country of Origin Information <strong>Report</strong> — <strong>Eritrea</strong>. Country Focus<br />
Zobas, Nus-Zobas and Kebabi) feature an executive branch (the zoba governors are appointed by the government),<br />
courts and either an elected parliament (baito) or, in localities with a population of less than 5,000, a general people’s<br />
assembly (megaba‘aya) (59).<br />
<strong>Eritrea</strong>’s administrative division into zobas and nus-zobas (60)<br />
The capital city of Asmara was originally divided into four nus-zobas (North-West, North-East, South-West and South-<br />
East). However, Asmara’s 13 urban districts (Abashawl, Akria, Arbaete Asmara, Edaga Hamus, Gejeret, Gezabanda,<br />
Godaif, Maekel Ketema, Mai Temenei, Paradiso, Sembel, Tiravolo, Tsetserat) have in the meantime been granted<br />
the status of nus-zobas, with no further sub-divisions (61).<br />
(59) Gebremichael, K.H., ‘Public administration reform in <strong>Eritrea</strong>: Past trends and emerging challenges’, September 2014, p. 51.<br />
(60) Map created by State Secretariat for Migration (Switzerland), 2015, based on <strong>Eritrea</strong>n Demining Authority et al., Landmine Impact Survey — 2004 [map], 2004;<br />
UN Cartographic Section; <strong>Eritrea</strong> [map], n.d. All borders and names used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.<br />
The border line between <strong>Eritrea</strong> and Ethiopia corresponds to the <strong>Eritrea</strong>-Ethiopia Boundary Commission’s ruling of 2002 (cf. map page 11).<br />
(61) Representatives of the Administration of zoba Maekel, interview (during technical mission conducted by Federal Office for Migration FOM Switzerland), 7<br />
November 2013; Norwegian ID Center, e-mail, 24 March 2015.
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