Nakfa

Nakfa is a town in . It is about ten hours by taxi from the Eritrean capital of . In the moment it is not possible to get a travel permit to go to Nakfa, so for tourists it is out of reach.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: city in Eritrea
  • Also known as: “Nakfa, Eritrea” and “ናቕፋ Nakfa نقفا”

Nakfa

Latitude
16.6656° or 16° 39′ 56″ north
Longitude
38.4768° or 38° 28′ 37″ east
Elevation
1,712 metres (5,617 feet)
Open location code
7G8WMF8G+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2050342291
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
330216
Wiki­data ID
Q969144
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Nakfa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “النقفة‎”
  • Arabic: “ناغفا”
  • Arabic: “ناكفا”
  • Arabic: “نقفا”
  • Arabic: “نقفة”
  • Arabic: “نقفة‎”
  • Asturian: “Nakfa, Eritrea”
  • Chinese: “納克法 (厄立特里亞)”
  • Chinese: “納克法”
  • Danish: “Nakfa (by)”
  • Danish: “Nakfa”
  • Dutch: “Nakfa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نقفا”
  • Finnish: “Nakfa”
  • French: “Nakfa”
  • Fulah: “Nakfa, Eritrea”
  • Georgian: “ნაკფა”
  • German: “Nakfa (Stadt)”
  • German: “Nakfa”
  • Greek: “Νάκφα”
  • Italian: “Nacfa”
  • Japanese: “ナクファ”
  • Korean: “낙파 (도시)”
  • Korean: “낙파”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nakfa”
  • Norwegian: “Nakfa”
  • Persian: “ناکفا”
  • Polish: “Nakfa (miasto)”
  • Polish: “Nakfa”
  • Russian: “Накфа”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ناکفا”
  • Swahili: “Nakfa”
  • Tigre: “መዲነት ናቅፋ”
  • Tigre: “ነቅፈ”
  • Tigrinya: “Nak’fa”
  • Tigrinya: “ናቐፋ”
  • Tigrinya: “ናቕፋ (ከተማ)”
  • Tigrinya: “ናቕፋ”
  • Turkish: “Nakfa (kent)”
  • Turkish: “Nakfa”
  • Ukrainian: “Накфа”
  • Urdu: “ناخفا، ارتریا”
  • Zulu: “Nakfa, Eritrea”

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