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This is a list of cities and towns in Eritrea by population. It includes all settlements with a population of over 5,000. Map of Eritrea Asmara, Capital of Eritrea Keren.
Port cities in Eritrea (1 C, 2 P) R. Regional capitals in Eritrea (4 C, 6 P) V. Villages in Eritrea (24 P) Pages in category "Populated places in Eritrea"
The population figures refer in the most cases to the respective municipality within its political boundaries, excluding politically independent suburbs. For Chinese cities, the urban population (urban settlement) of the respective city is given at prefecture, county or district level, which usually include large rural areas.
They are the largest ethnic group in the country, constituting about 50% of the population. [4] The predominantly Tigrinya populated urban centers in Eritrea are the capital Asmara, Mendefera, Dekemhare, Adi Keyh, Adi Quala and Senafe, while there is a significant population of Tigrinya in other cities including Keren, and Massawa.
Eritrea (/ ˌ ɛr ɪ ˈ t r iː ə / ⓘ ERR-ih-TREE-ə or /-ˈ t r eɪ-/- TRAY-;, [20] [21] [22] pronounced [ʔer(ɨ)trä] ⓘ), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the south, Sudan in the west, and ...
In both 1913 and 1915 the city suffered only slight damage in large earthquakes. [10] A large Italian community developed the city. [11] According to the 1939 census, Asmara had a population of 98,000, of whom 53,000 were Italian. Only 75,000 Italians lived in all of Eritrea, thus making the capital city by far their largest centre. [12]
Eritrea: 1,112,000 [5] 2020 ... List of largest cities in Africa References This page was last edited on 29 January 2025, at 14:21 (UTC). Text is available ...
Massawa became the largest and safest port on the east coast of Africa, and the largest deep-water port on the Red Sea. Between 1887 and 1932, they expanded the Eritrean Railway, connecting Massawa with Asmara and then Bishia near the Sudan border, and completed the Asmara-Massawa Cableway. At 75 kilometres (47 mi) long, it was the longest ...