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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.

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Eritrea
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Assab

Eritrea

Country
Eritrea
Population
24.0K
Coordinates
13.00, 42.73
1383rd most populous city in the world

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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