Zula
Zula is a small town in central Eritrea. It is situated near the head of Annesley Bay, on the Red Sea coast. Four kilometers away is the archeological site of Adulis, which was an emporium and the port of Axum.Places of Interest
Highlights include Adulis.
Adulis
Archaeological site
Photo: PHGCOM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Adulis was an ancient city along the Red Sea in the Gulf of Zula, about 40 kilometers south of Massawa. Its ruins lie within the modern Eritrean city of Zula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foro.
Foro
Town
Foro is a town in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea. Foro is situated 6 km west of Zula.
Zula
- Type: Town with 2,610 residents
- Description: town in Eritrea
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Foro subregion, Northern Red Sea Region, Eritrea, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
15.24568° or 15° 14′ 44″ northLongitude
39.67063° or 39° 40′ 14″ eastPopulation
2,610Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)Open location code
7G7X6MWC+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 4266181303OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
325551Wikidata ID
Q1364365
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Zula” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “زولا”
- Asturian: “Zula”
- Catalan: “Zula”
- Cebuano: “Zula”
- Chinese: “祖拉”
- Dutch: “Zula”
- Egyptian Arabic: “زولا”
- French: “Zoula”
- French: “Zula”
- French: “Zulla”
- Italian: “Zula”
- Japanese: “ズラ”
- Korean: “줄라”
- Russian: “Зула”
- Spanish: “Zula”
- Spanish: “ዙላ”
- Swedish: “Zula”
- Tigre: “ዙላ”
- Urdu: “زولا”
- Zulu: “Zula, Eritrea”
- Zulu: “Zula”
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