Assab
عصب ዓሰብ | |
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City | |
 Church of St. Michael, Assab | |
  Assab Location within Eritrea  Assab Location within the Horn of Africa  Assab Location within Africa | |
| Coordinates: 13°00′28″N 42°44′28″E / 13.00778°N 42.74111°E | |
| Country |  Eritrea |
| Region | Southern Red Sea |
| District | Southern Denkalya |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 20,222 |
| Climate | BWh |
Assab or Aseb (Tigrinya: ዓሰብ, Arabic: عصب) is a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. It is situated on the west coast of the Red Sea. Languages spoken in Assab are predominantly amharic, Tigrinya, Afar and Arabic.[1] After the Italian government took control of the port in 1882, it laid the foundations for the formation of the colony of Italian Eritrea, which became the independent country of Eritrea following its independence from Ethiopia in the 1990s.[2]
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- ^ "Asseb Eritrea". Britannica.