Awash
Awash Subah is a market town in central Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 3 of the Afar Region, above a gorge on the Awash River, after which the town is named, the town lies on the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, which crosses the gorge by a bridge there.
- Town with about 36,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 990 metres (3,230 feet)
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as“Awash Sebat Kilo”“Awash, Ethiopia”
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Latitude
8.9925° or 8° 59′ 33″ north
Longitude
40.16767° or 40° 10′ 4″ east
Open location code
6HW2X5R9+X3
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Zulu—“Awash” goes by many names.
ԱվաշArmenian
AwashAsturian
ĀwashCebuano
阿瓦什Chinese
AvašCroatian
Avaš (grad)Croatian
AwašCzech
آواشPersian
آواش، اتیوپیPersian
AuaszPolish
Auasz (miasto)Polish
AwashRomanian
АвашRussian
Аваш (город)Russian
AvašSlovenian
ĀwashSwedish
АвашUkrainian
Аваш (місто)Ukrainian
اواش، ایتھوپیاUrdu
Awash, ItiyopiyaZulu
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