Bure
Bure is a small area about 80 kilometres west of Asseb, on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia, and claimed by both countries. Bure lies across the important Awash-Asseb highway, which in the past has been an important trucking route.- Village
- …lies at an elevation of 514 metres (1,686 feet)
- …is also known as “Burie”
- Description: human settlement
Bure
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Latitude
12.60097° or 12° 36′ 4″ north
Longitude
42.26984° or 42° 16′ 11″ east
Open location code
7H44J729+9W
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“Bure” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوري”
- Dutch: “Bure”
- French: “Bure (Afrique)”
- French: “Bure”
- Fulah: “Bure (disputed zone)”
- Fulah: “Bure”
- German: “Bure (Nordostafrika)”
- German: “Bure”
- Irish: “Bure”
- Polish: “Bure (Afryka)”
- Polish: “Bure”
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Highlights include Eritrea Ethiopia border crossing #1252 and معبر الحدود الإثيوبية الإرترية رقم 1252.
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