Massawa

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Massawa

Total population

45,975

Elevation3 m

Coordinates15.60°, 39.46°

Demographic figures from National Statistics Office (Eritrea). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Massawa or Mitsiwa is a port city in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea, located on the Red Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago. It has been a historically important port for many centuries. Massawa has been ruled or occupied by a succession of polities during its history, including the Dahlak Sultanate, the Ottoman Empire, the Khedivate of Egypt and the Kingdom of Italy.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Northern Red Sea

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  2608.8 mi away · pop. 600
• Rataje Słupskie
  2610.2 mi away · pop. 670
• Ruszcza
  2611 mi away
• Sworoń
  2611.1 mi away
• Trzcianka-Kolonia
  2611.4 mi away
• Przeczów
  2611.8 mi away · pop. 90
• Trzebica
  2612.2 mi away · pop. 224
• Ossala
  2612.5 mi away · pop. 400
• Zawidza
  2613.1 mi away
• Zborówek
  2613.3 mi away · pop. 155
• Wymysłów
  2613.3 mi away · pop. 90
• Zysławice
  2613.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Massawa

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

Search results from Open Library.