Asmara

The capital of Asmara is a vibrant mix of Italian and African architecture and culture. It is by far the biggest and most important city of Eritrea and not just the administration center of the country but also the cultural center and the place where every tourist will arrive to the country.
  • City with about 963,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 2,330 metres (7,630 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code ASM
  • Description: capital city of Eritrea
  • Also known as
    “Asmera”
    “ኣስመራ Asmara أسمرة”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fiat Tagliero and Cinema Impero.
The Building is a Futurist-style in Asmara, .
Movie theater
The is an Art Deco-style in Asmara, the capital of .
The National Museum of Eritrea is a national museum in Asmara, .
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Latitude
15.339° or 15° 20′ 20″ north
Longitude
38.9327° or 38° 55′ 58″ east
UN/LOCODE
ER ASM
Open location code
7G7W8WQM+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Adyghe to Zulu—“Asmara” goes by many names.
АсмэраAdyghe
AsmaraAfrikaans
AsmaraAlbanian
አስመራAmharic
أسمرةArabic
AsmaraAragonese
ԱսմարաArmenian
AsmaraArpitan
AsmaraAsturian
ƏsməraAzerbaijani
Asmara, ÉritréaBalinese
AsmaraBasque
AsmaraBavarian
АсмараBelarusian
АсмэраBelarusian
আসমারাBengali
AsmaraBosnian
AsmaraBreton
АсмараBulgarian
AsmaraCatalan
AsmaraCebuano
AsmaraCentral Bikol
ئەسمەرەCentral Kurdish
АсмэраChechen
阿斯馬拉Chinese
阿斯马拉Chinese
АсмєраChurch Slavic
АсмэраChuvash
AsmaraCornish
AsmaraCorsican
AsmeraCroatian
AsmaraCzech
AsmaraDagbani
AsmaraDanish
AsmaraDimli (individual language)
AsmaraDutch
اسمرهEgyptian Arabic
AsmaroEsperanto
AsmeroEsperanto
AsmaraEstonian
AsmaraExtremaduran
AsmaraFiji Hindi
AsmaraFinnish
AsmaraFriulian
AsmaraGalician
ასმერაGeorgian
ΑσμάραGreek
અસ્મારાGujarati
AsmaraHaitian
AsmaraHakka Chinese
AsmaraHausa
אסמרהHebrew
अस्माराHindi
AszmaraHungarian
AsmaraIcelandic
AsmaraIdo
AsmaraInari Sami
AsmaraIndonesian
Asmara, EritreaIndonesian
AsmaraInterlingua
AsmaraInterlingue
AsmaraIrish
AsmaraItalian
AsmeraItalian
L’AsmaraItalian
アスマラJapanese
AsmaraJavanese
AsmaraJèrriais
AsɩmaraKabiyè
AsmaraKabyle
ಅಸ್ಮಾರಾKannada
АсмэраKazakh
AsmaraKinyarwanda
АсмараKirghiz
AsmaraKongo
아스마라Korean
AsmaraKotava
AsmaraKurdish
AsmaraLatin
AsmeraLatvian
AsmaraLigurian
AsmaraLimburgan
AsmaraLingua Franca Nova
AsmaraLithuanian
AsmeraLivvi
AsmaraLombard
AsmaraLow German
AsmaraLuxembourgish
AsmaraMacedo-Romanian
АсмараMacedonian
AsmaraMalagasy
AsmaraMalay
Asmara, EritreaMalay
അസ്മാറMalayalam
AsmaraMaltese
अस्माराMarathi
اسمرهMazanderani
AsmaraMin Dong Chinese
AsmaraMin Nan Chinese
AsmaraMinangkabau
ასმერაMingrelian
АсмараMoksha
АсмараMongolian
أسماراMoroccan Arabic
AsmaraNeapolitan
AsmaraNorthern Frisian
AsmaraNorthern Sami
AsmaraNorwegian
AsmaraNorwegian Bokmål
AsmaraNorwegian Nynorsk
AsmaraNovial
AsmaraOccitan (post 1500)
АсмэрæOssetian
ਅਸਮਾਰਾPanjabi
AsmaraPapiamento
اسمرهPersian
AsmaraPicard
AsmaraPiemontese
AsmaraPolish
اسمرهPushto
AsmaraQuechua
AsmaraRomanian
AsmeraRomanian
AsmaraRomansh
АсмэраRussian
ᱟᱥᱢᱟᱨᱟSantali
AsmaraSardinian
AsmaraScots
AsmaraScottish Gaelic
AsmaraSerbian
АсмараSerbian
AsmaraSerbo-Croatian
AsmaraShona
AsmaraSicilian
AsmaraSilesian
اسماراSindhi
අස්මාරාSinhala
AsmaraSkolt Sami
AsmaraSlovak
AsmaraSlovenian
AsmaraSomali
اسمرهSouth Azerbaijani
AsmaraSwahili
AsmaraSwedish
AsmaraSwiss German
AsmaraTagalog
АсмэраTajik
அஸ்மாராTamil
అస్మారాTelugu
แอสมาราThai
ཨཱ་སི་མི་ར།Tibetan
አስመራTigre
ኣስመራTigre
AsmeraTigrinya
ኣስመራTigrinya
AsmaraTurkish
AsmeraTurkmen
АсмэраUdmurt
АсмараUkrainian
АсмераUkrainian
AsmaraUpper Sorbian
AsmeraUpper Sorbian
اسماراUrdu
AsmeraUzbek
AsmaraVenetian
AsmarVeps
AsmaraVietnamese
AsmaraVlaams
AsmaraVolapük
AsmaraVõro
AsmaraWalloon
AsmaraWaray (Philippines)
AsmaraWelsh
AsmaraWestern Frisian
АсмэраWestern Mari
اسماراWestern Panjabi
AsmaraWolof
阿斯马拉Wu Chinese
AsmaraYoruba
阿斯馬拉Yue Chinese
AsmaraZulu
i-AsmaraZulu

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