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    Assab or Aseb (Tigrinya: ዓሰብ, Arabic: عصب) is a port city in the Southern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. It is situated on the west coast of the Red Sea....
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  • Assab International Airport (IATA: ASA, ICAO: HHSB) is an international airport in Assab, the capital of the Southern Red Sea region of Eritrea. It serves...
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    Eritrea. The first Italian establishment in the area was the purchase of Assab by the Rubattino Shipping Company in 1869, which came under government control...
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    out at Assab, the last Italian harbour on the Red Sea. Operation Chronometer took place from 10 to 11 June, with a surprise landing at Assab by the 3/15th...
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  • Assab Subregion is a district in the Southern Red Sea region of Eritrea. Assab City 13°01′N 42°44′E / 13.017°N 42.733°E / 13.017; 42.733 v t e...
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    African possessions: tripoline (Tripoli), bengazine (Benghazi), assabesi (Assab) and abissine (Abyssinia). Italy portal Food portal List of pasta "Mafaldine"...
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    the Massawa-Assab Highway (P-6), immediately south of the Assab International Airport and approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) north-west of Assab and 476 km (296 mi)...
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    along the southern half of the Red Sea, and contains the coastal city of Assab. It borders the Northern Red Sea Region, and has an area of around 27,600 km2...
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    owned 40% of the airline, which operated domestic routes between Asmara, Assab and Massawa. Red Sea Air had a fleet of BAC 1-11s The airline operated from...
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    The Assab volcanic field is a group of basaltic cinder cones and associated lava flows located in the Southern Red Sea region of Eritrea. With a peak...
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    Africa 400 June 14, 1937 Massawa, Italian East Africa Assab, Italian East Africa 241 June 15, 1937 Assab, Italian East Africa Karachi, British India 1627 First...
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    training facilities; the naval air station and naval academy were at Asmara; Assab was the site of a naval station, enlisted training facilities, and a repair...
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    November 1869, the ruling local chief sold lands surrounding the Bay of Assab to the Italian missionary Giuseppe Sapeto on behalf of the Rubattino Shipping...
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    given an ultimatum, the blockade was tightened and the Italian garrison at Assab was defeated by an operation from Aden. For six months, Nouailhetas remained...
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    Mogadishu and Addis Ababa - Assab. 900 km of railways were reconstructed or initiated (like the railway between Addis Ababa and Assab), dams and hydroelectric...
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    then colonized between European powers: Italy forms Italian Eritrea with Assab and Massawa, and France the French Somaliland in Djibouti, but the inland...
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  • coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) "Massawa Port". marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 10 March 2023. "Assab Port". marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 10 March 2023....
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    Italy primarily in northeast Africa. It began with the purchase in 1869 of Assab Bay on the Red Sea by an Italian navigation company which intended to establish...
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  • Sokna, Suez (under construction) Egyptian Refining Company (ERC) Assab Refinery (Assab Refinery), 17,500 bbl/d (2,780 m3/d) Port Gentil Refinery (Sogara)...
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    the African lands: tripoline (Tripoli), bengasine (Bengasi), assabesi (Assab), and abissine (Abissinia). In 2021, after an outcry in objection to pasta...
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    1862, Sapeto returned to Africa, and in November 1869 he bought the bay of Assab on behalf of Raffaele Rubattino's shipping company, which with the transfer...
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    Quala. All of Eritrea was liberated with the exception of Asmara, Massawa, Assab and Barentu. By 1977, the EPLF was poised to drive the Ethiopians out of...
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    Its capital is the planned city of Semera, which lies on the paved Awash–Assab highway. It is bordered by Eritrea to the north and Djibouti to the northeast;...
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    the genesis of the Italian colonial empire was the purchase in 1869 of Assab Bay on the Red Sea by an Italian navigation company which intended to establish...
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    creating the colony of Italian Eritrea. The Eritrean ports of Massawa and Assab handled trade with Italy and Ethiopia. The trade was promoted by the low...
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    Liberation Front had gained control of all of Eritrea except for Asmara and Assab in the south. The Soviet Union, mired in its internal turmoil, could no...
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    Addis Ababa and Massaua, the Addis Ababa – Mogadishu and the Addis Ababa – Assab. the Italians built more than 4,500 km of roads linking the country beyond...
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    south. Abyssinia would have a guaranteed corridor to the sea at the port of Assab; the corridor was a poor one and known as a "corridor for camels". Mussolini...
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    "Pterosaurus" drones, launched by the United Arab Emirates from its base in Assab, Eritrea. The Chinese-made, armed drones bombed Tigrayan artillery and weapons...
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    Caproni 133 of the Italian Ala Littoria. Additionally, a regular Asmara-Assab- Mogadishu commercial route was started in summer 1935, with an Ala Littoria's...
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