Distance From Asmara To Assab
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If your destination requires deviations from the regular routes (contract) you will be charged 40-200 Nakfa. Taxi fares double in the evening and you pay extra for any luggage carried (transferfrom airport to your hotel may cost up to 500 Nakfa).
Long distance buses in Eritrea are not crowded because it is illegal for passengers to stand in the aisle. There are organized breakfast and/or lunch stops on longer trips. The driver will let everyone off the bus for 20 minutes or so for a meal, a drink and the use of a toilet. Calculate at least one hour for every 40 kilometer between the major destinations.When traveling to remote places, like Assab, Nacfa, Tessenei or Senafe, make reservations for the return trip in advance, to prevent you will find yourself stuck in a remote place!
Be prepared that you may be expected to pay the full price forcovering only part of the distance (for instance if you choose to take theMassawa bus to visit Ghinda). I should stress that you are not overchargedbecause you are a foreigner.
Larger and older buses may be terribly slow, every othervehicle on the road passing your choice of transport with amazing velocity. Sojudge the quality of the bus before buying your ticket (if alternatives areavailable). Fast Toyota mini buses may charge an up to 250% surcharge on pricesmentioned above.
The distance between Asmara to Assab is 705 kilometers. From Asmara to Foro 161 kilometers from Asmara is an asphalt road. Thereafter all the way up Assab is a dirt road. However, it is rather comfortable for an excellent drive. In some places, there are gorges so one has to be careful when driving.
The road is all the way adjacent to the sea. Therefore one can stop driving for a while and swim in the clean and open sea. It is breathtaking scenery. One will also observe a group of ostrich and gazelle. From Asmara to Assab the drive will take you through 34 towns.
It is rather advisable to have a night break in Massawa. Starting at 04:00 hrs. will be about an 8 to 10 hours drive. You will reach Assab at about 17:00 hrs. It is advisable to take lunch and drinks along. There will not be standard restaurants or entertainment places along the way. It is a semi-desert area. Overnight in Assab.
Visiting and touring enjoying Assab. Assab 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 predominately Afar, Tigrinya, and Arabic. Assab has a hot desert climate typical of the Danakil Region. The climate is hyper-arid, extremely dry, and extremely hot. Vising the port swimming and enjoying the evening sea breath is exquisite.
Driving back to the city of Asmara, early in the morning 04:00 hrs. to reach Asmara city in the afternoon.
Later in the evening, the visitors will be transferred to the airport for their bon voyage back home.
With a land area of about 125.000 km2, Eritrea is about the size ofEngland, or the state of Pennsylvania in the USA. The coastline measures around1.200 km and off it there are over 350 islands, of which 210 comprise the areaof the Dahlak Archipelago.
Sea floor spreading occurs in the Red Sea, creating new land, and in the Afar triangle, only one of thetwo places on earth were it occurs on dry land (the other being Iceland). Many of the mountains inEritrea are remnants of when Africa was joined to the Arabian peninsula, millions of years ago.
Eritrea was known at times as Mareb Mellash ("This side of the Mareb River") or Bahrmeder ("Sealand").The name "Eritrea" is of foreign origin and has been attributed to a derivative of the ancient Greekcartographic designation, Mare Erythrean ("Red Sea"), fragment 67 of Aeschylus:There the sacred waters of theErythrean Sea break upon a bright red strand, and at no great distance fromthe ocean lies a copper-tinted lake - the lake that is the jewel of Ethiopia -where the all-pervading sun returns again and again to plunge his immortal form,and finds solace for his weary round in gentle ripples that are but warm caress.
Eritrea looks like a funnel; wide in the northwest and tapering to a narrow strip in the south-east.Topographically, the country consists of three regions:
- The first region is a narrow eastern lowland desert strip along the Red Sea coast that accounts for around 33% of the land area coast. The land in this area is mostly infertile due to the highsalt content and a year round average temperature of 25 Celsius.
- The second region is the northern extension of the Ethiopian Plateau in the north-central region which is dissected by thevalleys of westward flowing rivers, whichruns Eritrea's border with Ethiopia. This area is the most fertile area of thecountry, receiving up to 900 mm of rain per year; the area has been the site ofthe war between Eritrea and Ethiopia for 40 years. Elevation of up to 3000 meters above sea level makes the climate more moderate in this area thanin the coastal region.
- The third geographical region is the western plains, which occupy the vast area extending to Eritrea's western border with Sudan. This is the most arid area in the country,receiving only 200 mm of rain per year.
Eritrea is three hours ahead of GMT. There is a two hour time difference between continental Europeand Eritrea, except when Europe is on Summer time. Then the difference is only one hour (ahead).There is an eight hour time difference (ahead) between USA Eastern Standard Time and Eritrea, whichis reduced to seven during Daylight Savings Time.
immediately after the EPLF took over Eritrea, ten provinceswere established - based on the eight regions existing under the Italianadministrative model, but with Gash Setit separated from Barka and Asmara splitfrom Hamasien.
As Russian military and financial resources are being ground down in Avdiivka and Kupyansk, Moscow has struggled to maintain progress in some of its wider foreign policy objectives (Ukrinform, November 2). Some of these are a revival of Soviet-era goals, including a greater military, political, and economic presence in Africa and the establishment of more warm-water ports along major maritime trade routes. In September, it was reported that Eritrea was keen on expanding military and economic ties with Russia, reiterating its potential openness to hosting a foreign base in the future (Adf-magazine.com, September 5). A Russian base on the Red Sea would provide a southern complement to the small Russian Mediterranean naval facilities undergoing expansion at Tartus and Latakia in Syria. It would also place Russian warships within striking distance of both sides of the Suez Canal.
Moscow considers a strong naval presence in the Red Sea as vital to its economic interests in the region. Close to 15 percent of global trade, including Russian oil, passes through this narrow sea headed to or coming from the Suez Canal (Egypt Today, June 6, 2022). In February, Sudan was ready to offer a Red Sea port to Russia in exchange for arms and other considerations. Clashes broke out in April between factions of the Sudanese military, however, and the deal was put on hold indefinitely (Sudan Tribune, February 11).
Complete overview of the latest earthquakes near the country Eritrea, updated every minute. Did you feel an earthquake today in Eritrea? If an earthquake is happening right now near Eritrea, it will show up within minutes.
A total of 123 earthquakes with a magnitude of four or above have struck within 300 km (186 mi) of Eritrea in the past 10 years. This comes down to a yearly average of 12 earthquakes per year, or 1 per month. On average an earthquake will hit near Eritrea roughly every 29 days.
The table below visualizes the distribution of all earthquakes that occurred within 300km of Eritrea in the past 10 years. No earthquakes with a magnitude of 6 or above have occurred near Eritrea during this time. Usually, higher magnitudes are less common than lower magnitudes. Small earthquakes with a magnitude below 4 on the Richter scale have been omitted from this overview.
The strongest recent earthquake of the past 10 years near Eritrea occurred on Aug 1, 2023 20:15 local time (Africa/Asmara timezone). It had a magnitude of 5.6 and struck 65 kilometers (40 mi) east of Asmara, at a depth of 7 km. Discover more strong earthquakes near Eritrea in the list below.
In the table below you will find the strongest earthquakes that occurred near Eritrea in the past 10 years. You can use the tabs to find the heaviest historic earthquakes since the year 1900 or within a specific year or distance from Eritrea.
The colony contains no navigable streams. For a short distancethe Setit (known in its upper course as the Takazze), a tributaryof the Atbara, forms the frontier, as does also in its upper coursethe Gash or Mareb (see Abyssinia). The Mareb, often dry in summer,in the floods is a large and impassable river. Both the Setit andMareb have a general westerly course across the Abyssinian plateau.The Baraka (otherwise Barka) and Anseba rise in the Hamasenplateau near Asmara within a short distance of each other. TheBaraka flows west and then north; the Anseba, which has a moreeasterly course, also flows northward and joins the Baraka a littleN. of 17 N. A few miles below the confluence the Baraka leavesItalian territory. It is (as is the Anseba) an intermittent stream.After heavy rain it discharges some of its water into the Red Seanorth of Tokar. The whole of the hill country north of Asmarabelongs to the drainage area of the Baraka or Anseba. Of thenumerous streams which, north of the Danakil country, run directfrom the hills to the Red Sea, the Hadas may be mentioned, as alongthe valley of that stream is one of the most frequented routes tothe tableland. The Hadas, in time of flood, reaches the ocean nearAdulis in Annesley Bay.
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