Asmara

E92266

city national capital

Asmara is the largest city of Eritrea, known for its well-preserved Italian colonial modernist architecture and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Asmara canonical	56
Asmara, Eritrea	2
Asmara is the capital of Eritrea	1
Asmara metropolitan area	1
Asmara municipality	1
downtown Asmara	1
historic centre of Asmara	1
historic core of Asmara	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ national capital ⓘ
capitalOf	Eritrea ⓘ
climate	subtropical highland climate ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Eritrea ⓘ
currencyUsed	Eritrean nakfa ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 2325 metres ⓘ approximately 7625 feet ⓘ
formerColonialPower	Italy ⓘ
hasAirport	Asmara International Airport ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding	Cinema Impero ⓘ Cinema Roma ⓘ City Hall of Asmara ⓘ Fiat Tagliero Building ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding	Al Khulafa Al Rashiudin Mosque ⓘ Enda Mariam Cathedral ⓘ Kidane Mehret Cathedral ⓘ
hasUrbanPlanningFeature	modernist urban layout ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Asmara: A Modernist African City ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfMajorDevelopment	Italian colonial period ⓘ
isCulturalCenterOf	Eritrea ⓘ
isEconomicCenterOf	Eritrea ⓘ
isLargestCityOf	Eritrea ⓘ
isPoliticalCenterOf	Eritrea ⓘ
knownFor	Art Deco buildings ⓘ modernist architecture ⓘ rationalist architecture ⓘ well-preserved Italian colonial architecture ⓘ
locatedIn	Horn of Africa ⓘ surface form: East Africa Eritrean Highlands ⓘ Maekel Region ⓘ
officialLanguageInUse	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ Tigrinya ⓘ
populationRankInCountry	1 ⓘ
roadConnection	connected by road to Keren ⓘ connected by road to Massawa ⓘ
timeZone	East Africa Time ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	2017 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	World Heritage Site ⓘ
UTCOffset	+3 ⓘ
wasPartOf	Ethiopian Empire ⓘ Italian East Africa ⓘ surface form: Italian Eritrea

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eritrea → capital → Asmara ⓘ

Eritrea → largestCity → Asmara ⓘ

Northeast Africa → hasMajorCity → Asmara ⓘ

Eritrean Catholic Church → headquartersLocation → Asmara ⓘ

Eritrean Catholic Church → metropolitanSeeCity → Asmara ⓘ

People's Front for Democracy and Justice → headquartersLocation → Asmara ⓘ

British military administration → capital → Asmara ⓘ

subject surface form: British Military Administration in Eritrea

Isaias Afwerki → birthPlace → Asmara ⓘ

Isaias Afwerki → residence → Asmara ⓘ

Central Eritrea → contains → Asmara ⓘ

Central Eritrea → capitalCityOfRegion → Asmara ⓘ

Central Eritrea → hasCountryCapital → Asmara ⓘ

Central Eritrea → hasMajorCity → Asmara ⓘ

Italian colonization of Eritrea → capital → Asmara ⓘ

Eritrean Highlands → contains → Asmara ⓘ

Patriarch of Eritrea → seat → Asmara ⓘ

British Military Administration in Eritrea → capital → Asmara ⓘ

British Military Administration in Eritrea → territoryIncludes → Asmara ⓘ

northern Eritrea → countryCapital → Asmara ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Eritrea

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara → episcopalSee → Asmara ⓘ

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Asmara → city → Asmara ⓘ

United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea → headquartersLocation → Asmara ⓘ

Government of Eritrea → capital → Asmara ⓘ

Government of Eritrea → seatOfGovernment → Asmara ⓘ

PFDJ → headquartersLocation → Asmara ⓘ

National Assembly of Eritrea → locatedIn → Asmara ⓘ

Maekel → contains → Asmara ⓘ

Maekel → capitalOfRegion → Asmara ⓘ

Maekel → hasAdministrativeCenter → Asmara ⓘ

Maekel → hasCountryCapital → Asmara ⓘ

Maekel → includes → Asmara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asmara metropolitan area

Dekemhare → locatedEastOf → Asmara ⓘ

Dekemhare → countryCapital → Asmara ⓘ

Dekemhare → roadLinkTo → Asmara ⓘ

Segeneiti → countryCapital → Asmara ⓘ

Segeneiti → roadConnectionTo → Asmara ⓘ

Eritrea–Ethiopia federation → capital → Asmara ⓘ

Allied occupation of Asmara → location → Asmara ⓘ

Allied occupation of Asmara → appliesToJurisdiction → Asmara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asmara municipality

Fall of Asmara → place → Asmara ⓘ

Fall of Asmara → capitalOfEntityInvolved → Asmara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asmara is the capital of Eritrea

Maekel Region → capital → Asmara ⓘ

Maekel Region → contains → Asmara ⓘ

Maekel Region → hasCapitalCity → Asmara ⓘ

Maekel Region → administrativeCenter → Asmara ⓘ

Asmara International Airport → servesCity → Asmara ⓘ

Asmara International Airport → locatedInCity → Asmara ⓘ

Kidane Mehret Cathedral → locatedIn → Asmara ⓘ

Fiat Tagliero Building → locatedInCity → Asmara ⓘ

Fiat Tagliero Building → locatedIn → Asmara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asmara, Eritrea