Matara
Metera, also known as Balaw Kalaw, is a small town and important archeological site located in the Debub Region of Eritrea. Situated a few kilometers south of Senafe, it was a major city in the Dʿmt and Aksumite kingdoms.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of 2,408 metres (7,900 feet)
- Description: archaeological site in Eritrea
- Also known as“Balaw Kalaw”“Matara, Eritrea”“متارا Matera”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Senafe.
Matara
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Latitude
14.67554° or 14° 40′ 32″ north
Longitude
39.4249° or 39° 25′ 30″ east
Open location code
7G6XMCGF+6X
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Matara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متارا”
- Catalan: “Matara”
- Dutch: “Matara”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متارا”
- French: “Matara”
- Fulah: “Matara, Eritrea”
- German: “Matara”
- Hebrew: “מטרה (אריתריאה)”
- Irish: “Matara”
- Italian: “Matara”
- Italian: “Metera”
- Japanese: “マタラ”
- Polish: “Matara”
- Portuguese: “Matara (Eritreia)”
- Portuguese: “Matara”
- Russian: “Матара”
- Russian: “Мэтэра”
- Spanish: “Matara (Eritrea)”
- Spanish: “Matara”
- Turkish: “Matara (şehir)”
- Turkish: “Matara”
- Zulu: “Matara, Eritrea”
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