Maekel Region

The Central region is an administrative region of , located in central Eritrea. The region was formed on 15 April 1996, from the historical province of Hamasien.
  • State with 539,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 2,343 metres (7,687 feet)
  • Description: region of Eritrea
  • Also known as
    “Central Region”
    “Mā’akal”
    “Maakel Region”
    “Maekel”
    “Maekel,Maakel”
    “Maʼākel”
    “Zoba Ma’ākel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Asmara International Airport and Fiat Tagliero.
The is an Art Deco-style in , the capital of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asmara.
The capital of is a vibrant mix of Italian and African architecture and culture.

Maekel Region

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Latitude
15.3333° or 15° 20′ north
Longitude
38.9167° or 38° 55′ east
Open location code
7G7W8WM8+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Maekel Region” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ማእከል”
  • Arabic: “الإقليم الأوسط”
  • Arabic: “المقاطعة المركزية”
  • Arabic: “المنطقة المركزية، إرتريا”
  • Arabic: “المنطقة المركزية”
  • Asturian: “Maekel”
  • Azerbaijani: “Maekel”
  • Bengali: “মায়েকেল অঞ্চল”
  • Breton: “Maekel”
  • Bulgarian: “Централен регион”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Maekel”
  • Cebuano: “Maekel Region”
  • Chinese: “中部区”
  • Chinese: “中部區 (厄立特里亞)”
  • Chinese: “中部區”
  • Croatian: “Maekel”
  • Danish: “Maekel”
  • Dutch: “Maakel”
  • Dutch: “Maekel”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Regiono”
  • Finnish: “Keskinen alue (Eritrea)”
  • Finnish: “Keskinen alue”
  • Finnish: “Maekel”
  • Finnish: “Maekelin alue”
  • French: “Maekel”
  • French: “Région centrale”
  • Galician: “Maekel”
  • Georgian: “მაეკელი”
  • German: “ER-MA”
  • German: “Maekel”
  • Greek: “Μέκελ”
  • Gujarati: “માકેલ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Maekel”
  • Hindi: “मैकल क्षेत्र”
  • Indonesian: “Region Maekel”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Maekel”
  • Italian: “Maekel”
  • Italian: “Regione Centrale (Eritrea)”
  • Italian: “regione Centrale”
  • Italian: “Regione Centrale”
  • Japanese: “マアカル地方”
  • Javanese: “Maekel”
  • Kannada: “ಮ್ಯಾಕೆಲ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Маекел”
  • Kirghiz: “Маекел”
  • Korean: “중앙주 (에리트레아)”
  • Korean: “중앙주”
  • Latvian: “Maakeles zoba”
  • Lithuanian: “Maekelio regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Maekelis”
  • Malay: “Kawasan Maekel”
  • Malay: “Maekel Region”
  • Marathi: “माईकेल प्रदेश”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sentraal (Regiuun uun Eritrea)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sentraal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maakel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maekel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sentral”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zoba Maekel”
  • Norwegian: “Maekel”
  • Oromo: “Maekel”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਏਕਲ”
  • Persian: “منطقه مرکزی”
  • Polish: “Al-Mutawassit”
  • Polish: “Maekel”
  • Polish: “Maykel”
  • Polish: “Region Centralny (Erytrea)”
  • Polish: “Region Centralny”
  • Portuguese: “Central (Eritreia)”
  • Portuguese: “Central”
  • Portuguese: “Maekel”
  • Pushto: “ماعکل”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Maekel”
  • Russian: “Маэкель”
  • Scots: “Maekel Region”
  • Sinhala: “මයිකෙල් කලාපය”
  • Somali: “Maekel”
  • Spanish: “Maakel”
  • Spanish: “Maekel”
  • Spanish: “Región Central”
  • Spanish: “Región de Maekel”
  • Swahili: “Eneo ya Kati”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kati, Eritrea”
  • Swedish: “Maakel”
  • Tajik: “Маекел”
  • Tamil: “மேகேள் பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Маекел”
  • Telugu: “మైకెల్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เมย์เคล”
  • Tigre: “አቅሊም ምግብ”
  • Tigrinya: “ዞባ ማእከል”
  • Turkish: “Maekel”
  • Ukrainian: “Маекел”
  • Urdu: “مائیکیل ریجن”
  • Urdu: “مرکزی علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Maekel”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Maekel”
  • Yue Chinese: “中部地區”
  • Zulu: “Maekel Region”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bathi Meskerem Square and ኦና ጉዶ / Ona Gudo.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Italian Cemetery and Saint Michael’s Church.

Eritrea: Highlights

Learn more about Asmara and Massawa.

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