Nefasit

Nefasit (, ), also known as Tappa Nefasit, is a small town in the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. Monastery of Debre Bizen is located at the mountains above.

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Place details

Locality: Nefasit ነፋሲት نفاسيت
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: Nefasit
Settlement.native_name: نفاسيت
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Nefasit 2.JPG
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
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_name1: Northern Red Sea
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ghinda
Settlement.population_as_of: 2005
Settlement.population_total: 8727
Settlement.elevation_ft: 5500
Settlement.blank_name: Climate

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Country: Eritrea
Located in: Ghinda Subregion
Population: 8600
Elevation: 1668
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Image: Nefasit 2.JPG

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Nefasit (, ), also known as Tappa Nefasit, is a small town in the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. Monastery of Debre Bizen is located at the mountains above.

According to multiple tour groups the stretch between the capital Asmara and Nefasit is the most beautiful in Eritrea. There's a colonial era Italian railway that occasionally runs from Asmara.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nefasit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.