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Northern Red Sea Region

The Northern Red Sea region, is an administrative region of . It lies along the northern three quarters of the Red Sea, and includes the and the coastal city of .
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  • Type: State with 599,000 residents
  • Description: region of Eritrea
  • Also known as: “Northern Red Sea”, “Northern Red Sea region”, “Region of Northern Red Sea”, “Samenāwi Qayəḥ Bāḥri”, “Semēnawī Kʼeyih Bahrī”, and “Zoba Semēnawī K’eyih Bahrī”

Northern Red Sea Region

Latitude
16° north
Longitude
39° east
Population
599,000
Elevation
293 metres (961 feet)
Open location code
7G8X2222+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 321516868
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
448502
Wiki­data ID
Q27910
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Northern Red Sea Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إقليم شمال البحر الأحمر”
  • Arabic: “شمال البحر الأحمر”
  • Arabic: “منطقة البحر الأحمر الشمال”
  • Arabic: “منطقة شمال البحر الأحمر”
  • Armenian: “Կարմիր ծովի հյուսիսային շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Semenawi Keyih Bahri”
  • Bengali: “নর্দান লোহিত সাগর অঞ্চল”
  • Breton: “Semenawi Keyih Bahri”
  • Bulgarian: “Червено море север”
  • Bulgarian: “Червено море-север”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Semenawi Keyih Bahri”
  • Cebuano: “Northern Red Sea Region”
  • Chinese: “北紅海區”
  • Chinese: “北紅海地區”
  • Chinese: “北红海区”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverna crvenomorska regija”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverno crveno more (regija)”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverno crveno more”
  • Danish: “Semenawi Keyih Bahri”
  • Dutch: “Semenawi Keyih Bahri”
  • Finnish: “Pohjoinen Punaisenmeren alue”
  • French: “Mer Rouge septentrionale”
  • French: “Semien-Keih-Bahri”
  • Georgian: “სემიენავი-კეი-ბაჰრი”
  • German: “ER-SK”
  • German: “Northern Red Sea”
  • German: “Region des nördlichen Roten Meeres”
  • German: “Semienawi Kayih Bahri”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Περιοχή Ερυθράς Θάλασσας”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તરીય લાલ સમુદ્ર પ્રદેશ”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी लाल सागर क्षेत्र”
  • Indonesian: “Region Laut Merah Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Laut Merah Utara”
  • Italian: “Nord Mar Rosso”
  • Italian: “regione del Mar Rosso Settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Regione del Mar Rosso Settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Semenawi Keyih Bahri”
  • Japanese: “セメナウィ・ケイバハリ地方”
  • Japanese: “北紅海州”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಕೆಂಪು ಸಮುದ್ರ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “북홍해주”
  • Korean: “홍해 북부 주”
  • Latvian: “Semenavi Kejihbahri zoba”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurinė Raudonoji Jūra”
  • Malay: “Kawasan Laut Merah Utara”
  • Malay: “Northern Red Sea Region”
  • Marathi: “उत्तरेचा लाल समुद्र प्रदेश”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurdelk Ruad Sia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den nordlige Rødehav-regionen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den nordre Rødehav-regionen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordlige Rødehavet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Northern Red Sea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Semenawi Keyh Bahri”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Semenawi Keyih Bahri”
  • Norwegian: “Semenawi Keyih Bahri”
  • Persian: “منطقه دریای سرخ شمالی”
  • Polish: “Region Północny Morza Czerwonego”
  • Polish: “Semien Kej Bahri”
  • Polish: “Szamal al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
  • Polish: “Szimal al-Bahr al-Ahmar”
  • Portuguese: “Mar Vermelho Setentrional”
  • Portuguese: “Semien-Keih-Bahri”
  • Pushto: “شمالي سور سمندر سیمه”
  • Russian: “Сэмиэн-Кэй-Бахри”
  • Scots: “Northren Reid Sea Region”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු රතු මුහුදු කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “ER-SK”
  • Slovenian: “Severno Rdeče morje”
  • Spanish: “Región de Semenawi Keyih Bahri”
  • Spanish: “Región del Mar Rojo Septentrional”
  • Spanish: “Semenawi Keyih Bahri”
  • Swahili: “Kaskazini Eneo la Ziwa Nyekundu”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Bahari Nyekundu Kaskazini”
  • Swedish: “Norra rödahavsregionen”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு சிவப்பு கடல் பகுதி”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తతర రెడ్ సీ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เขตทะเลแดงเหนือ”
  • Tigre: “አቅሊም ግብለት ቀይሕ በሐር”
  • Tigrinya: “ዞባ ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Kızıldeniz”
  • Ukrainian: “Семенаві-Кей-Бахрі”
  • Urdu: “شمالی بحیرہ احمر ریجن”
  • Urdu: “شمالی بحیرہ احمر علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Biển Đỏ”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Phía Bắc Biển Đỏ”
  • Yue Chinese: “北紅海地區”
  • Zulu: “Northern Red Sea Region”

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