Nakura
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Nakura or Nokra is an Eritrean island in the Dahlak Archipelago situated west of Dahlak Kebir. Nakura has an area of 6.44 km2, and reaches a height of 48 meters.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Nakura is referenced by 13 other articles, and connects out to Eritrea, geographic coordinate system and Amnesty International.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ER, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Dahlak Archipelago, Human rights in Eritrea and Important Bird Areas of Eritrea.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Dahlak Archipelago
- Country
- Eritrea
- Located in
- Northern Red Sea Region
- Area
- 1.173
- Elevation
- 9
- Body of water
- Red Sea
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Encyclopedic overview
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Nakura or Nokra is an Eritrean island in the Dahlak Archipelago situated west of Dahlak Kebir. Nakura has an area of 6.44 km2, and reaches a height of 48 meters.
During Italian colonization (1890/91), it was used as the Nocra prison camp. Its grim history is vividly depicted in Eritrean songs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nakura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations