Serejeqa ( ar, سيريجاكا, ti, ሰረጃቓ) is a town in the
Anseba Region
Anseba Region (Tigrinya: ዞባ ዓንሰባ, it, Regione dell'Anseba) is an administrative region of Eritrea, located in northern Eritrea. The capital and the most populous city in the region is Keren. The region is named after Anseba River ...
of
Eritrea. It is located about 20 km northwest of
Asmara on the asphalt road to
Keren, which in turn lies roughly 75 km away. The town is situated on the ridge of the
Eritrean highlands
The Eritrean Highlands are a mountainous region in central Eritrea. Bordered to the south by the Mareb River, it is a northern continuation of the Ethiopian Highlands. The region has seen tremendous deforestation since the colonial period, which b ...
. It is the upper endpoint of a gravel-road that traverses the eastern escarpments and has its other endpoint in
Shebah
Shebah ( ar, شيباه) is an agricultural settlement on the plains beneath and east of the eastern escarpment of the Eritrean highlands which forms part of the Northern Red Sea administrative region with its capital in Massawa. It is situated ab ...
, on the low-lying plains at the foot of escarpments. With this gravel road, Serejeqa connects the north-western part of the highlands, including the city of Keren (Eritrea's third largest city) with the Red Sea and the port of
Massawa (the second largest city). This route can be traveled without having to pass through the congested capital and largest city
Asmara or use the equally congested mountain-segment of the
Asmara-
Massawa asphalt road. Instead, the gravel road beginning in Serejeqa on one end, connects to the
She'eb She'eb ( tig, ሽዕብ) is a town in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea. It lies on the fertile plain at the foot of the eastern escarpment of the Eritrean Highlands.
History
It was the site of a massacre during the Eritrean War of Independen ...
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Gahtelai
Gahtelai ( ar, غاهتلاي) is the name of a river, town and plain situated in the Northern Red Sea administrative region of Eritrea.
It is not the correct meaning of Gahtelai written in Tigrinya.
Because the word is of Saho "gahte" means is ba ...
asphalt road, which in turn unites with the less congested lowland part of the Massawa asphalt road, just 35 km from Massawa itself. Due to its proximity and connections to Asmara, Serejeqa also functions as a suburb of the capital, although it is not part of the metropolitan region of the capital (i.e.
Maekel
Central Region (Tigrinya: ዞባ ማእከል, it, Regione Centrale), also known as the Ma'ekel or Maakel Region, is an administrative region of Eritrea, located in central Eritrea. The region was formed on 15 April 1996, from the historical ...
or Central Region).
References
Serejaka, Eritrea
Populated places in Eritrea
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