Keren

Sitting in the picturesque foothills of northern , Keren is the country's second-largest city and regional capital of the surrounding districts.
Voice of Clam, Public domain.
  • City with about 86,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,590 metres (5,220 feet)
  • Description: city in Eritrea
  • Also known as
    “Hamelmalo”
    “Keren, Eritrea”
    “ከረን Keren كرن”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Keren and Cinema Impero.
Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Railway station
is a railway station.
Movie theater
is a movie theater.
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Latitude
15.7805° or 15° 46′ 50″ north
Longitude
38.4536° or 38° 27′ 13″ east
Open location code
7G7WQFJ3+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Keren” goes by many names.
كَرَنArabic
KerenAsturian
KerenBasque
কেরেন, ইরিত্রিয়াBengali
KerenCatalan
KerenCebuano
克伦Chinese
KerenCroatian
KerenCzech
KerenDanish
KerenDutch
كرنEgyptian Arabic
KerenoEsperanto
KerenFinnish
კერენიGeorgian
ΚερένGreek
કેરેન, એરિટ્રિયાGujarati
קרןHebrew
केरेनHindi
Keren, EritreaIndonesian
KerenIrish
CherenItalian
KerenItalian
ケレンJapanese
ಕೆರೆನ್, ಎರಿಟ್ರಿಯಾKannada
케렌Korean
KerenLatin
KerenaLatvian
KerenasLithuanian
Keren, EritreaMalay
केरेन, इरिट्रियाMarathi
КэрэнMongolian
KerenNorwegian
KerenNorwegian Bokmål
کرنPersian
کرن (اریتره)Persian
KerenPolish
KerenRomanian
КеренRussian
КэрэнRussian
Keren, EritreaShona
කෙරෙන් එරිත්‍රියාSinhala
KerenSlovenian
کرنSouth Azerbaijani
کرن (اریتره)South Azerbaijani
KerenSwahili
KerenSwedish
கெரென், எரித்ரேயாTamil
కరేన్Telugu
เคเรน, อีริเทรThai
ከረንTigre
KerenTigrinya
ከረንTigrinya
KerenTurkish
Keren, EritreaTurkish
КеренUkrainian
کیرین، ارتریاUrdu
CherenVenetian
KerenVeps
Keren, EritreaVietnamese
Keren, EritreaZulu

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Eritrea: Highlights

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