Massawa, also known as Mitsiwa, is a port city in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea, on the Red Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago. A historically important port for many centuries, it has been ruled or occupied by a succession of polities including the Dahlak Sultanate, the Ottoman Empire, the Khedivate of Egypt and the Kingdom of Italy.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Massawa (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 39,758 (2006)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 15.6, longitude 39.433333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 6 m
P2046 (area)
area 477.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 39758 (2006)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Massawa - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 330546
15.60811 39.47455 P PPLA ER 06 304 23100 9 Africa/Asmara
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 9 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 15.75, 39.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 15.75, 39.25
15.75 39.25 BWh
Massawa (Wikipedia)
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