Assab

city in Eritrea
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Assab

Summary

Assab is a port city[1]. Assab draws 142 Wikipedia views per month (port_city category, ranking #24 of 41).[2]

Key Facts

  • Assab is located in Southern Denkalya Subregion[3].
  • Assab is in the country of Eritrea[4].
  • Assab's image is recorded as صورة كنيسة في عصب - panoramio.jpg[5].
  • Assab's instance of is recorded as port city[6].
  • Assab's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 236590054[7].
  • Assab's locator map image is recorded as ER-Assab.png[8].
  • Assab's Commons category is recorded as Assab[9].
  • Assab's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[10].
  • Assab's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 13.007777777778, 'lon': 42.741111111111}[11].
  • Assab's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048jk8[12].
  • Assab's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Assab[13].
  • Assab's population is recorded as {'amount': '+74405'}[14].
  • Assab's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0005607[15].
  • Assab's described by source is recorded as Periplus of the Erythraean Sea[16].
  • Assab's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Assab's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • Assab's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • Assab's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[20].
  • Assab's capital of is recorded as Southern Red Sea Region[21].
  • Assab's GeoNames ID is recorded as 343386[22].
  • Assab's BBC Things ID is recorded as e0eaed6b-8b3a-4b9e-a5eb-c24ad95e4b6e[23].
  • Assab's different from is recorded as Asab[24].
  • Assab's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 36126[25].
  • Assab's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+16'}[26].
  • Assab's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -604694[27].

Body

Geography

Assab is in the country of Eritrea[4]. Assab is located in Southern Denkalya Subregion[3].

Physical Characteristics

Assab's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+16'}[26]. Assab's population is recorded as {'amount': '+74405'}[14].

Designation and Status

Assab's instance of is recorded as port city[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Assab include Assab International Airport[28], an international airport[29], in Eritrea[30].

Why It Matters

Assab draws 142 Wikipedia views per month (port_city category, ranking #24 of 41).[2] Assab has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Assab is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for Assab include Assab International Airport[28], an international airport[29], in Eritrea[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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