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Aksum
Tigray, Ethiopia · Africa
About Aksum
Aksum sits on the route: 25 minutes from Adwa.
Aksum is in Tigray, Ethiopia, with about 95,000 people. The nearest town is Adwa, about 20 km away.
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Aksum is in Tigray, Ethiopia, about 20 km from Adwa.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 94,500
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Region
- Tigray
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
- Coordinates
- 14.1211, 38.7234
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