Fun facts about Assab
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Assab was nothing more than a tiny Afar fishing village with a population of only 100 people and twenty huts until the middle of the 19th century.
Assab
Eritrea
Assab or Aseb is a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea situated on the west coast of the Red Sea. Languages spoken in Assab are predominantly Afar, Tigrinya, and Arabic.
From the “History” section
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The Italian missionary Giuseppe Sapeto bought the Bay of Assab on 15 November 1869 on behalf of the Rubattino Shipping Company.
Assab
Eritrea
Assab or Aseb is a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea situated on the west coast of the Red Sea. Languages spoken in Assab are predominantly Afar, Tigrinya, and Arabic.
From the “History” section
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A 1922 British War Office report described Assab as a small village with less than a hundred round grass huts of the native population.
Assab
Eritrea
Assab or Aseb is a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea situated on the west coast of the Red Sea. Languages spoken in Assab are predominantly Afar, Tigrinya, and Arabic.
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Assab has an extremely low average annual rainfall of 40 mm (1.57 in).
Assab
Eritrea
Assab or Aseb is a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea situated on the west coast of the Red Sea. Languages spoken in Assab are predominantly Afar, Tigrinya, and Arabic.
From the “Climate” section
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The annual mean average temperature in Assab approaches 31 °C (87.8 °F).
Assab
Eritrea
Assab or Aseb is a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea situated on the west coast of the Red Sea. Languages spoken in Assab are predominantly Afar, Tigrinya, and Arabic.
From the “Climate” section
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Photo: vxr7475 · CC BY 3.0