Mai Nefhi
Mai Nefhi is both a location near Asmara, Eritrea and the dam after which it was named. The Mai Nefhi dam was completed in 1970, during the reign of Haile Selassie, and remains the main water source for Asmara.- Type: Village
- Description: Abardae
- Also known as: “Mai Nefhi ማይ ነፍሒ ماء نفحي”
Mai Nefhi
- Categories: dam and locality
- Location: Ghala Nefhi subregion, Maekel Region, Eritrea, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
15.25445° or 15° 15′ 16″ north
Longitude
38.79915° or 38° 47′ 57″ east
Open location code
7G7W7Q3X+QM
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tswana—“Mai Nefhi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ماء نفحي”
- Arabic: “ماي نفحي”
- French: “Mai Nefhi”
- Fulah: “Mai Nefhi”
- Hausa: “Mai Nefhi”
- Japanese: “マイ・ネフヒ”
- Swahili: “Bwawa la Mai Nefhi”
- Tswana: “Letamo la Mai Nefhi”
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