Ghinda
Sign in to saveGhinda () is a town in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea. It is situated in the Ghinda subregion, and lies between Asmara and Massawa.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ghinda ጊንዳዕ جندع
- Region
- ዞባ ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ Northern Red Sea شمال البحر الأحمر
- Country
- ኤርትራ Eritrea إرتريا
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ghinda
- Settlement.native_name
- قندع
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ghinda 2.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Ghinda horizon
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Eritrea
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Eritrea
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Eritrea
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern Red Sea
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ghinda
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 928
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
- Settlement.blank_info
- Aw
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Eritrea
- Located in
- Ghinda Subregion
- Population
- 11560
- Elevation
- 962
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Ghinda 2.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Overview
- Climate
- See also
- References
Ghinda () is a town in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea. It is situated in the Ghinda subregion, and lies between Asmara and Massawa.
==Overview== Ghinda is a major fruit and vegetable growing area and a centre for Tigre people, Tigrinya people, and Saho people. It lies near the springs of Sabarguma. The citrus plantations were originally planted by Carlo Cavanna, an Italian from Centenaro who directed the construction of the Eritrean Railway, the first railway in Italian Eritrea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ghinda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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