Afabet ( ti, ኣፍዓበት) is a town in northern

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 Ethiopi ...

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Afabet is the capital of the

Afabet district Afabet Subregion is a subregion in the Northern Red Sea (Zoba Semienawi Keyih Bahri) region of Eritrea. Its capital lies at Afabet Afabet ( ti, ኣፍዓበት) is a town in northern Eritrea. Overview Afabet is the capital of the Afabet d ...

. It is the site of the

Battle of Afabet The Battle of Afabet was fought from 17 March through 20 March 1988 in and around the town of Afabet, as part of the Eritrean War of Independence. Background The Nadew Command was one of four commands, or army corps, of the Ethiopian Second R ...

, which took place during the

Eritrean War of Independence The Eritrean War of Independence was a war for independence which Eritrean independence fighters waged against successive Ethiopian governments from 1 September 1961 to 24 May 1991. Eritrea was an Italian colony from the 1880s until the d ...

. The city is still surrounded by

trench A trench is a type of excavation or in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully, or ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole or pit). In geology, trenches result from ero ...

es, but has been largely rebuilt.

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Afabet, Eritrea
Populated places in Eritrea {{Eritrea-geo-stub