Barentu

Barentu is a town in north-western , lying south of , and is the capital of Gash-Barka Region. The town population comprises various tribes, Kunama, Nara, Tigre and Tigrinya being the most dominant.
  • City with 18,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,009 metres (3,310 feet)
  • Description: city in Eritrea
  • Also known as
    “Barentu, Eritrea”
    “Mai Tsada”
    “ባረንቱ Barentu بارنتو”

Barentu

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Latitude
15.10567° or 15° 6′ 20″ north
Longitude
37.58888° or 37° 35′ 20″ east
Open location code
7G7V4H4Q+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Barentu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بارنتو”
  • Asturian: “Barentu, Eritrea”
  • Bulgarian: “Баренту”
  • Cebuano: “Barentu”
  • Chinese: “巴倫圖”
  • Dutch: “Barentu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بارنتو”
  • Finnish: “Barentu”
  • French: “Barentu”
  • Georgian: “ბარენტუ”
  • German: “Barentu”
  • Greek: “Μπαρέντου”
  • Italian: “Barentu”
  • Italian: “Barentù”
  • Japanese: “バレンツ (エリトリア)”
  • Japanese: “バレンツ”
  • Korean: “바렌투”
  • Lithuanian: “Barentu”
  • Luxembourgish: “Barentu”
  • Malay: “Barentu, Eritrea”
  • Malay: “Barentu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Barentu”
  • Norwegian: “Barentu”
  • Persian: “بارنتو”
  • Polish: “Barentu”
  • Portuguese: “Barentu”
  • Romanian: “Barentu”
  • Russian: “Баренту”
  • Russian: “Барэнту”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بارنتو”
  • Swedish: “Barentu”
  • Tigre: “ባረንቱ”
  • Tigre: “ባርንቱ”
  • Tigrinya: “Barentu”
  • Tigrinya: “ባረንቱ”
  • Ukrainian: “Баренту”
  • Urdu: “بارینتو، ارتریا”
  • Yue Chinese: “巴倫圖”
  • Zulu: “Barentu, Eritrea”

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