Massawa subregion
Massawa subregion is a subregion in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea. Its capital lies at Massawa.- Type: subregion of Eritrea
- Description: subregion in Northern Red Sea, Eritrea
- Also known as: “Massawa Subregion”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Massawa-Taulud and Mosque of the Companions.
Massawa-Taulud
Railway station
Mosque of the Companions
Mosque
The Mosque of the Companions, also known as the Ras Medre Mosque, is an open-air mosque in Massawa, Eritrea, located on a small island off the Red Sea coast. Mosque of the Companions is situated 4 km east of Massawa subregion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Massawa.
Massawa
Massawa or Mitsiwa is a port city in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea, located on the Red Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago.Massawa subregion
Latitude
15.6092° or 15° 36′ 33″ north
Longitude
39.4453° or 39° 26′ 43″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
7G7XJC5W+M4
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Satellite Map
Discover Massawa subregion from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Massawa subregion” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مديرية مصوع”
- Cebuano: “Massawa Subregion”
- Dutch: “Massawa Subregion”
- French: “Massaoua”
- French: “Massawa”
- Fulah: “Massawa subregion”
- Italian: “Distretto di Massaua”
- Japanese: “マッサワ地区”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Massawa”
- Norwegian: “Massawa”
- Slovenian: “Podregija Masava”
- Swedish: “Massawa Subregion”
- Tigre: “ንኡሽ አቅሊም ባጸዕ”
- Ukrainian: “Массава”
- Ukrainian: “Массауа”
- Urdu: “مصوع ذیلی علاقہ”
- Zulu: “Massawa Subregion”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Āmatere and T’walet.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mits’iwa Bēte Mengist and Seno T’walet YeBahir Weshmet’.
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