Asaita
Asaita, known historically as Aussa or Awsa, is a town in northeastern Ethiopia, and until 2007 served as the capital of the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Afambo woreda, part of the region's Awsi Rasu zone, the town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 300 metres.
- Type: Town with 22,700 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Aisaita”, “Āsayita”, “Asayta”, “Assayita”, “Aussa”, “Āysa’īta”, and “Aysaita”
Asaita
- Categories: city, district of Ethiopia, and locality
- Location: Afar Region, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
11.56533° or 11° 33′ 55″ north
Longitude
41.43859° or 41° 26′ 19″ east
Population
22,700
Elevation
371 metres (1,217 feet)
Open location code
7H33HC8Q+4C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Zulu—“Asaita” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Асаита”
- Catalan: “Asayita”
- Cebuano: “Asaita”
- Chinese: “阿萨伊塔”
- Chinese: “阿薩伊塔”
- Croatian: “Asaita”
- Dutch: “Asayita”
- Esperanto: “Asaita”
- Finnish: “Asaita”
- French: “Asaita”
- French: “Assayta”
- German: “Asaita”
- Irish: “Asaita”
- Italian: “Asaita”
- Japanese: “アサイタ”
- Polish: “Asajta”
- Romanian: “Asaita”
- Russian: “Асайита”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Asaita”
- Spanish: “Asayita”
- Swedish: “Asaita”
- Ukrainian: “Асаїта”
- Urdu: “اسایتا”
- Zulu: “Asaita”
- “Asaita”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sitaboyta Regreg and Dahale.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mosque and Asayita primary Hospital.
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