The Northern Red Sea region (Tigrinya: ዞባ ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ, romanized: Zoba Semienawi Keyih Bahri, Arabic: إقليم شمال البحر الأحمر), is an administrative region of Eritrea.

It lies along the northern three quarters of the Red Sea, and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and the coastal city of Massawa.

The General Fertility Rate (GFR), defined as the births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 45 remained at 156.0.

The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), defined as the number of deaths of children for every 1,000 born was 77.0 while the Child Mortality Rate (CMR), defined as the number of child deaths for every 1,000 children 5 years of age was 83.0.

The number of children with the prevalence of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) was 778, fever was 778, and Diarrhea was 778.

[5] As of 2002, the number of males completing or attending highest level of schooling in the region was 1,893 while it was 2,216 females.

[8] The regional and local elections are conducted on a periodic basis on a restricted framework.

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