Massawa

Massawa or Mitsiwa is a port city in the of , located on the Red Sea at the northern end of the beside the .
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  • City with about 39,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code MSW
  • Description: city on the Red Sea coast of Eritrea
  • Also known as
    “Badi”
    “Batsi‘”
    “Massau”
    “Massauah”
    “Massowa”
    “Massowah”
    “Masuah”
    “Mesewa”
    “Miṣṣiwa”
    “Mitsewa”
    “Mitsiwa”
    “Mitsiwa’e”
    “Mossowah”
    “ምጽዋዕ Massawa مصوع”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mosque of the Companions and Massawa-Taulud.
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Mosque
The , also known as the Ras…
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Railway station
is a railway station.
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Railway stop
is a railway stop.

Massawa

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Latitude
15.6032° or 15° 36′ 12″ north
Longitude
39.4637° or 39° 27′ 49″ east
UN/LOCODE
ER MSW
Open location code
7G7XJF37+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 288517213
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
330546
Wiki­data ID
Q275635

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Massawa” goes by many names.
ምጽዋAmharic
باضعArabic
رأس مدرArabic
مصوّعArabic
ՄասաուաArmenian
MassawaAsturian
MassawaBasque
МасаваBelarusian
MasawaCatalan
MasawwaCatalan
MassauaCatalan
MassawaCatalan
MassawaCebuano
馬薩瓦Chinese
马萨瓦Chinese
MassawaCroatian
MassawaCzech
MassauaDanish
MassawaDanish
MassauaDutch
MassauwaDutch
MassawaDutch
MitsiwaDutch
MussuwaDutch
مصوعEgyptian Arabic
MassauaFinnish
MassawaFinnish
MassaouaFrench
MassaouahFrench
MassawaFrench
MetsewaFrench
MiṣṣiwaFrench
MitsiwaFrench
MassauaGalician
მასაუაGeorgian
MassauaGerman
MassawaGerman
MassuaGerman
MatsewaGerman
Mereb MelashGerman
MitsiwaGerman
ΜασάουαGreek
מאסאווהHebrew
מיציווהHebrew
מסווהHebrew
מסועHebrew
MassawaHungarian
MassauaIndonesian
MassawaIndonesian
MassawaIrish
BatsiItalian
MassauaItalian
MassauahItalian
MassawaItalian
MitsiwaItalian
マッサウアJapanese
マッサワJapanese
마사와Korean
MassavaLatin
MassawaLatin
MasavaLithuanian
MassawaMalay
बत्सीMarathi
मासावाMarathi
मित्सिवाMarathi
МассаваMoksha
MassawaNorwegian
MassawaNorwegian Bokmål
MassawaNorwegian Nynorsk
مصوعPersian
MassauaPolish
MassawaPolish
MitsiwaPolish
MaçuáPortuguese
MassauaPortuguese
MassawaPortuguese
MassawahPortuguese
MassawaRomanian
МассаваRussian
МассауаRussian
MassavaSerbo-Croatian
MassawaShona
MasavaSlovenian
مصوعSouth Azerbaijani
MassauaSpanish
MassawaSpanish
MitsiwaSpanish
MassawaSwahili
MassauaSwedish
MassawaSwedish
MitsiwaSwedish
መሰዋዕTigre
ራኣስ ምድርTigre
ባጸዕTigre
Mits’iwaTigrinya
Mĭts’ĭwwaTigrinya
ምጽዋTigrinya
ምጽዋዕTigrinya
MasavaTurkish
MassavaTurkish
MassawaTurkish
МассаваUkrainian
МассауаUkrainian
مصوعUrdu
MassauaVenetian
MassawaVietnamese
MassawaWelsh
MassawaWestern Frisian
מאסאוועYiddish
馬薩華Yue Chinese
MassawaZulu

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