Agordat
Sign in to saveAgordat (also spelled Akordat or '''Ak'ordat''') is a city in Gash-Barka, Eritrea. It was the capital of the former Barka Province, which was situated between the present-day Gash-Barka and Anseba regions.
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- Locality
- Akordat ኣቑርደት أغوردات
- Region
- ጋሽ-ባርካ Gash-Barka القاش وبركة
- Country
- ኤርትራ Eritrea إرتريا
- Population
- 8,857
- Timezone
- Africa/Asmara
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Agordat
- Settlement.other_name
- Ak'ordat
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- Sunset between Agordat and Keren
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Agordat in Eritrea
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Eritrea
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Eritrea
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gash-Barka
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2003
- Settlement.timezone
- EAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
- Settlement.blank_info
- BWh
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Eritrea
- Located in
- Akurdet Subregion
- Population
- 8857
- Elevation
- 615
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Agordat Mosque 1982.jpg
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Agordat (also spelled Akordat or '''Ak'ordat') is a city in Gash-Barka, Eritrea. It was the capital of the former Barka Province, which was situated between the present-day Gash-Barka and Anseba regions.
==History== Agordat was historically a key center along the old caravan trade route connecting eastern and northern Sudan to Eritrea, due to its strategic location near the Barka River. During the period of Funj hegemony in Sudan, the nabtab became the ruling class of the Beni-Amer, with their center established around Agordat. It was from the Funj that the vassal Beni-Amer chief, the diglal'', received his emblem of rank and authority. His permanent camp was located a few kilometers from what is now the town of Agordat.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agordat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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