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.

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	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 Eritrea →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British Military Administration in Eritrea → Eritrea →	capital
Eritrean Catholic Church → People's Front for Democracy and Justice →	headquartersLocation
Isaias Afwerki →	birthPlace
Northeast Africa →	hasMajorCity
Eritrea →	largestCity
Eritrean Catholic Church →	metropolitanSeeCity
Isaias Afwerki →	residence