Assab

Assab
ዓሰብ
City
Church of St. Michael, Assab
Church of St. Michael, Assab
Assab is located in Eritrea
Assab
Assab
Location within Eritrea
Assab is located in Horn of Africa
Assab
Assab
Location within the Horn of Africa
Assab is located in Africa
Assab
Assab
Location within Africa
Coordinates: 13°00′28″N 42°44′28″E / 13.00778°N 42.74111°E / 13.00778; 42.74111
Country Eritrea
RegionSouthern Red Sea
DistrictSouthern Denkalya
Elevation
16 m (52 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
20,222
Time zoneUTC+03:00 (EAT)
ClimateBWh
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Assab or Aseb (Tigrinya: ዓሰብ, Arabic: عصب) 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. It was founded as a port in 1882 by the Rubattino Company; when 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.

Natives fishing in the vicinity of Assab, Eritrea, engraving from a sketch by G.B Licata, March 15, 1885.
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