Massawa
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/21344
- Note
- "Massawa (/məsˈɑːwə/ muh-SAH-wuh;), or Mitsiwa, is a port city in the Semienawi Keyih Bahri Region of Eritrea, located on the Red Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago. It has represented a historically important port for many centuries.
Massawa was the capital of the Italian Colony of Eritrea until the seat of the colonial government was moved to Asmara in 1897.
Massawa has an average temperature of 30 °C/86 °F, which is one of the highest found in the world, and is "one of the hottest marine coastal areas in the world."" - (en.wikipedia.org 23.09.2020) - Latitude
- 15.60000038147
- Longitude
- 39.433334350586
- Inhabitants
- 23,100
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