Asaita
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Asaita (; ), known historically as Aussa (Awsa), is a town in northeastern Ethiopia, and until 2007 served as the capital of the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Afambo woreda, part of the region's Awsi Rasu zone, the town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of .
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- Locality
- Asaita
- Region
- አፋር ክልል Afar عفر
- Country
- ኢትዮጵያ
- Population
- 39,400
- Timezone
- Africa/Addis_Ababa
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Asaita
- Settlement.native_name
- አሳይታ
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- am
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Asaita City.jpg
- Settlement.motto
- Aysaqiiti Magaalah Xiinisso
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ethiopia#Horn of Africa#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Ethiopia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Afar Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Awsi Rasu
- Settlement.established_title
- Asaita town Administration
- Settlement.named_for
- Aysa'eeta meaning foundation or meaning "just leave" or Qeysa qiyte meaning "Eysa holler"
- Settlement.government_type
- City administration
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 39400
- Area
- 50.2
- Elevation
- 371
- Image
- Asaita City.jpg
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- History
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Asaita (; ), known historically as Aussa (Awsa), is a town in northeastern Ethiopia, and until 2007 served as the capital of the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Afambo woreda, part of the region's Awsi Rasu zone, the town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of .
Aussa was known by its full known name Aussa Gurêle which was founded upon a rock bound by the rivers Awash, Raheita and Assab. According to Huntingford's opinion the term Gurêle represented the name of a hill 90 miles north-west of Lake Abbe.
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