Hamasien was the name of a province including and surrounding Asmara, now part of modern Eritrea. The region has been divided and distributed amongst the modern Maekel, Debub, Northern Red Sea, Gash-Barka and Anseba regions. Hamasien's population are predominantly followers of Oriental Orthodox Christianity and members of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church with a considerable minority of Sunni Muslim, Roman Catholic and Lutheran communities. Traditionally being the center of the Kebessa (for e… (More on Hamasien)