Eritrea
Debub Region
Senafe subregion

Matara

Metera, also known as Balaw Kalaw, is a small town and important archeological site located in the Debub Region of . Situated a few kilometers south of , it was a major city in the Dʿmt and Aksumite kingdoms.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in Eritrea
  • Also known as: “Balaw Kalaw”, “Matara, Eritrea”, and “متارا Matera”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Senafe.

Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.
is a market town in southern , on the edge of the Eritrean highlands ሶይራ. The name Sanafe driven from yemeni words.The surrounding area is inhabited by the Saho people and the Tigrinya people.

Matara

Latitude
14.67554° or 14° 40′ 32″ north
Longitude
39.4249° or 39° 25′ 30″ east
Elevation
2,408 metres (7,900 feet)
Open location code
7G6XMCGF+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 321224000
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
6420579
Wiki­data ID
Q1980552
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Matara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متارا”
  • Catalan: “Matara (Eritrea)”
  • Catalan: “Matara”
  • Dutch: “Matara”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متارا”
  • French: “Matara”
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Matara”. Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.