Massawa

Summary

Massawa is a city^[1]. Massawa ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (273 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Massawa is located in Massawa Subregion^[3].
• Massawa is in the country of Eritrea^[4].
• Massawa's image is recorded as Historic Center Massawa Panorama.JPG^[5].
• Massawa's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Massawa's instance of is recorded as port city^[7].
• Massawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Stavanger^[8].
• Massawa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 3693150085878815060007^[9].
• Massawa's GND ID is recorded as 4575042-7^[10].
• Massawa's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 150361277^[11].
• Massawa's Commons category is recorded as Massawa^[12].
• Massawa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[13].
• Massawa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 15.6, 'lon': 39.433333333333}^[14].
• Massawa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02plmw^[15].
• Massawa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Massawa^[16].
• Massawa's page banner is recorded as Massawa banner.jpg^[17].
• Massawa's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 17ee200c-04ad-49bb-a9db-aa8d72860f9c^[18].
• Massawa's population is recorded as {'amount': '+39758'}^[19].
• Massawa's WOEID is recorded as 1312462^[20].
• Massawa's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Massawa's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[22].
• Massawa's capital of is recorded as Northern Red Sea Region^[23].
• Massawa's capital of is recorded as Italian Eritrea^[24].
• Massawa's capital of is recorded as Habesh eyalet^[25].
• Massawa's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Massawa^[26].
• Massawa's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ti', 'text': 'ምጽዋዕ'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Massawa is in the country of Eritrea^[4]. Massawa is located in Massawa Subregion^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Massawa's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+477'}^[28]. Massawa's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+6'}^[29]. Massawa's population is recorded as {'amount': '+39758'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and port city^[7].

Cultural Significance

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

Why It Matters

Massawa ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (273 views/month).^[2] Massawa has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Massawa is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

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