Asmara

Summary

Asmara is a city^[1]. Asmara ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (807 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Asmara is located in Maekel Region^[3].
• Asmara is in the country of Eritrea^[4].
• Asmara's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Asmara's instance of is recorded as big city^[6].
• Asmara's official language is recorded as Arabic^[7].
• Asmara's official language is recorded as English^[8].
• Asmara's official language is recorded as Tigrinya^[9].
• Asmara's twinned administrative body is recorded as Florence^[10].
• Asmara's twinned administrative body is recorded as Khartoum^[11].
• Asmara's twinned administrative body is recorded as Berkeley^[12].
• Asmara's twinned administrative body is recorded as Atlanta^[13].
• Asmara's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nevers^[14].
• Asmara's Commons category is recorded as Asmara^[15].
• Asmara's licence plate code is recorded as ER^[16].
• Asmara's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[17].
• Asmara's local dialing code is recorded as 1^[18].
• 1897 marks the founding of Asmara^[19].
• Asmara's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 15.333333333333, 'lon': 38.916666666667}^[20].
• Asmara's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Asmara^[21].
• Asmara has a population of {'amount': '+963000'}^[22].
• Asmara's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Asmara's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[24].
• Asmara's capital of is recorded as Eritrea^[25].
• Asmara's capital of is recorded as Italian Eritrea^[26].
• Asmara's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ti', 'text': 'ኣስመራ'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Asmara is in the country of Eritrea^[4]. Asmara is located in Maekel Region^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Asmara covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12158.1'}^[28]. Asmara sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2325'}^[29]. Asmara has a population of {'amount': '+963000'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5] and big city^[6].

History and Context

1897 marks the founding of Asmara^[19].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Asmara include Asmara International Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Eritrea^[32].

Why It Matters

Asmara ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (807 views/month).^[2] Asmara has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Asmara is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Asmara include Asmara International Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Eritrea^[32].