Senafe
ሰንዓፈ صنعفى | |
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  Senafe Location in Eritrea | |
| Coordinates: 14°42′N 39°25′E / 14.700°N 39.417°E | |
| Country |  Eritrea |
| Region | Debub. جنوب |
| District | Senafe District |
| Elevation | 2,446 m (8,025 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 45,000[citation needed] |
| Climate | BSk |
Senafe (Arabic: صنعفى, Tigrinya: ሰንዓፈ) is a market town in southern Eritrea, on the edge of the Eritrean highlands ሶይራ. The surrounding area is inhabited by the Saho people and the Tigrinya people, its well known by its cultural and religious historical background.
Senafe is known for the ruins of Metera (also known as Balaw Kalaw), Qohayto to the south, and for Kaskase to the north. The soil is derived from volcanic ignimbrite,[1] and Senafe sits on the southeastern edge of a twenty kilometer wide caldera.
- ^ Zanettin, Bruno; Bellieni, Giuliano; Visentin, Eleonora Justin (2006). "Stratigraphy and evolution of the trachy-rhyolitic volcanism of the Senafe area (Eastern Eritrean Plateau)". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 45 (4/5): 478–488. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.04.004.