Southern Red Sea, Eritrea · Africa
21,300
Population
Africa
Continent
Asmara
Timezone
ER
Country Code
Assab or Aseb (Tigrinya: ዓሰብ, Arabic: عصب) is a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea situated on the west coast of the Red Sea. Languages spoken in Assab are predominantly Afar, Tigrinya, and Arabic. It was founded as a port in 1882 by the Rubattino Company; when the Italian government took control of the port in 1882, it laid the foundations for the formation of the colony of Italian Eritrea, which became the independent country of Eritrea following its independence from Ethiopia...
Coordinates
13.0092°, 42.7394°
Region/State
Southern Red Sea
District
Asseb
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Country
Eritrea
Region
Southern Red Sea
Timezone
Africa/Asmara
Population
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