Massawa
Massawa, or Mitsiwa, is a port city in the Semienawi Keyih Bahri Region of Eritrea, located on the Red Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago.
Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, CC0.
Massawa
- Type: Town
- Description: city on the Red Sea coast of Eritrea
- Categories: city and port settlement
- Location: Coastal Eritrea, Eritrea, East Africa, Africa
Latitude 15.6032° or 15° 36' 11.5" north | Longitude 39.4637° or 39° 27' 49.3" east |
Population 46,000 | IATA airport code MSW |
United Nations Location Code ER MSW | Elevation 9 metres (30 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 288517213 | GeoNames ID 330546 |
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Also Known As
- Amharic: ምጽዋ
- Arabic: باضع
- Arabic: رأس مدر
- Arabic: مصوع
- Arabic: مصوّع
- Asturian: Massawa
- Basque: Massawa
- Catalan: Masawa
- Catalan: Masawwa
- Catalan: Massaua
- Catalan: Massawa
- Cebuano: Massawa
- Chinese: 馬薩瓦
- Chinese: 馬薩華
- Chinese: 马萨瓦
- Croatian: Massawa
- Danish: Massaua
- Danish: Massawa
- Dutch: Massaua
- Dutch: Massauwa
- Dutch: Massawa
- Dutch: Mitsiwa
- Dutch: Mussuwa
- Egyptian Arabic: مصوع
- English: Badi
- English: Batsi'
- English: Mitsiwa
- English: Miṣṣiwa
- Finnish: Massaua
- Finnish: Massawa
- French: Massaoua
- French: Massaouah
- French: Massawa
- French: Metsewa
- French: Mitsiwa
- Galician: Massaua
- Georgian: მასაუა
- German: Massaua
- German: Massawa
- German: Massua
- German: Matsewa
- German: Mereb Melash
- German: Mitsiwa
- Greek: Μασάουα
- Hebrew: מאסאווה
- Hebrew: מיציווה
- Hebrew: מסווה
- Hebrew: מסוע
- Hungarian: Massawa
- Indonesian: Massawa
- Irish: Massawa
- Italian: Batsi
- Italian: Massaua
- Italian: Massawa
- Italian: Mitsiwa
- Japanese: マッサウア
- Japanese: マッサワ
- Korean: 마사와
- Latin: Massaua
- Latin: Massawa
- Lithuanian: Masava
- Marathi: बत्सी
- Marathi: मासावा
- Marathi: मित्सिवा
- Norwegian: Massawa
- Norwegian Bokmål: Massawa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Massawa
- Persian: مصوع
- Polish: Massaua
- Polish: Massawa
- Polish: Mitsiwa
- Portuguese: Massaua
- Portuguese: Massawa
- Portuguese: Massawah
- Portuguese: Maçuá
- Romanian: Massawa
- Russian: Массава
- Russian: Массауа
- Serbo-Croatian: Massava
- Shona: Massawa
- South Azerbaijani: مصوع
- Spanish: Massaua
- Spanish: Massawa
- Spanish: Mitsiwa
- Swedish: Massaua
- Swedish: Massawa
- Swedish: Mitsiwa
- Tigrinya: Mits’iwa
- Tigrinya: ምጽዋ
- Tigrinya: ምጽዋዕ
- Turkish: Masava
- Turkish: Massava
- Turkish: Massawa
- Ukrainian: Массава
- Urdu: مصوع
- Venetian: Massaua
- Welsh: Massawa
- Western Frisian: Massawa
- Yiddish: מאסאווע
- Yue Chinese: 馬薩華
- Zulu: Massawa
- Massau
- Massowa
- Massowah
- Mesewa
- Mitsewa
- Mitsiwa’e
- ምጽዋዕ Massawa مصوع
Other Places Named Massawa
- Massawa SubregionEritrea
- Mits’iwa ĀwrajaEritrea
- Mits’iwaIsland, Eritrea
- MassawaBeach, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia
- MassawaMeteorological station, Ethiopia
- MassawaResidential area, Eritrea
In the Area
Localities
- Housing ComplexLocality
- Old AirportLocality
- ArkikoVillage, 7 km south
- NauretVillage, 11 km southeast
- غدنHamlet, 13 km southeast
- EmberemiVillage, 14 km north
Landmarks
- TauludIsland
- Mits’iwa YeBabur T’abīyaRailroad station
- Massawa Harbor Range Rear LightLighthouse
- Massawa Harbor Range Front LightLighthouse
- Seno T’walet YeBahir Weshmet’Bay
- GherarPeninsula
Popular Destinations in Eritrea
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