Gash-Barka (Tigrinya: ጋሽ-ባርካ, Arabic: ‎‎‎إقليم قاش بركة) is an administrative region of Eritrea.

The total area of the province was 33,200 km2 and the density was 21.35 persons per km2., making up roughly one-third of Eritrea.

[citation needed] The region is also rich in marble, and other important minerals, including gold.

The major crops in the region are bananas, tomatoes, cotton, onions, millet, sesame, green pepper and sweet melon.

The General Fertility Rate (GFR), defined as the births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 45 remained at 168.0.

The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), defined as the number of deaths of children for every 1,000 born was 66.0 while the Child Mortality Rate (CMR), defined as the number of child deaths for every 1,000 children 5 years of age was 61.0.

The number of children with the prevalence of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) was 1039, fever was 1039, and Diarrhea was 1039.

[7] As of 2002, the number of males completing or attending highest level of schooling in the region was 2,700 while it was 3,179 females.

[9] The region also includes the following districts: Agordat City, Barentu City, Dghe, Forto, Gogne, Haykota, Logo Anseba, Mensura, Mogolo, Molki, Omhajer (Guluj), Shambuko, Tesseney and Upper Gash.

No parties or groups other than PFDJ are allowed to contest and the elections are presided by representatives from PDFJ.