Arata ( ar, أراعتا)Afar af ( Arraqta) is a coastal village in eastern
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
.
Location
The town is located in the
Are'eta district
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of the
Southern Red Sea
The Southern Red Sea Region (, it, Regione del Mar Rosso Meridionale, ) is an administrative region of Eritrea. It lies along the southern half of the Red Sea, and contains the coastal city of Assab. It borders the Northern Red Sea Region, and h ...
region
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. It sits at a latitude of 14° 40' 60N and a longitude of 40° 58' 0E.
Anrata lies 0.6 miles from the district capital of
Tiyo
Tiyo (T'í'o, ar, طيعوا or طع) is a coastal List of cities in Eritrea, town in east-central Eritrea, the capital of the Are'eta District, Are'eta Subregions of Eritrea, district in the Southern Red Sea Region, Southern Red Sea Regions of E ...
, on the southern outskirts of the town.
References
Anrata, Eritrea Page
Southern Red Sea Region
Villages in Eritrea
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