The Southern Red Sea region (Tigrinya: ዞባ ደቡባዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ, romanized: Zoba Däbubawi Käyh Bahri, Arabic: ‎إقليم جنوب البحر الأحمر), is an administrative region of Eritrea.

It lies along the southern half of the Red Sea, and contains the coastal city of Assab.

It borders the Northern Red Sea Region, and has an area of around 27,600 km2 (10,700 sq mi).

[3] Wildlife such as hamadryas baboons, Soemmerring's gazelle, dorcas gazelle, warthog, black-backed jackal, Ruppells sandfox, dikdik, African golden wolf, hyena, Abyssinian hare, wild ass and ostriches are found in this region.

The General Fertility Rate (GFR), defined as the births per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 45 remained at 135.0.

The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), defined as the number of deaths of children for every 1,000 born was 122.0 while the Child Mortality Rate (CMR), defined as the number of child deaths for every 1,000 children 5 years of age was 74.0.

The number of children with the prevalence of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) was 174, fever was 174, and Diarrhea was 174.

[6] As of 2002, the number of males completing or attending the highest level of schooling in the region was 410 while it was 567 females.

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