Umm Hājar
Omhajer is a town in Eritrea. It is the center of the Omhajer subregion in the western Gash-Barka region of Eritrea. The area has a patented history with the Italians and the struggle between the Eritreans and Ethiopians.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Eritrea
- Also known as: “Minhajer”, “Minkhadzher”, “Om Hager”, “Om Hajer”, “Om Hajer, Eritrea”, “Om Hayer”, “Omhajer”, “Omhājer”, “Omhajer, Eritrea”, “Umm Hagar”, “Umm Hāǧar”, and “Umm Hajar”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Humera.
Humera
Town
Humera is a town in northwestern Ethiopia. It is located in the Kafta Humera district in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia as well as the Western Zone of Tigray, and has an elevation of 585 metres above sea level. Humera is situated 6 km southwest of Umm Hājar.
Umm Hājar
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Omhajer, Gash-Barka Region, Eritrea, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
14.32305° or 14° 19′ 23″ northLongitude
36.65268° or 36° 39′ 10″ eastElevation
595 metres (1,952 feet)Open location code
7G6R8MF3+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 313799319OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Umm Hājar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أم هاجر”
- Dutch: “Om Hajer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ام هاجر”
- French: “Om Ager”
- German: “Umm Hādschar”
- German: “Umm Hāǧar”
- Irish: “Omhajer”
- Italian: “Om Ager”
- Italian: “Omhajer”
- Polish: “Om Hadżer”
- Polish: “Om Hajer”
- Tigre: “ኡምሓጀር”
- Zulu: “Omhajer”
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Highlights include مسجد أم هاجر and መቓብር ሓርበኛታት ኦምሓጀር مقبرة أم هاجر البلدية.
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