Agordat

E519849

Agordat is a town in western Eritrea that has historically served as a strategic military and trading center in the region.

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Label Occurrences
Agordat canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeRole former capital of Barka province ⓘ
connectedBy Asmara–Keren–Agordat road ⓘ
linked to: Asmara–Keren road
country Eritrea ⓘ
distanceFromAsmara approximately 190 km northwest ⓘ
economicActivity agricultural trade ⓘ
livestock trade ⓘ
market town ⓘ
elevation approximately 600 meters above sea level ⓘ
ethnicGroups Bilen people ⓘ
Hidareb people ⓘ
Tigre people ⓘ
governingCountry State of Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Eritrea
hasClimate semi-arid climate ⓘ
hasMarket central marketplace ⓘ
historicalRole military outpost ⓘ
regional trade hub ⓘ
knownFor banana cultivation in surrounding areas ⓘ
citrus cultivation in surrounding areas ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
Tigre ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
locatedIn Gash-Barka Region ⓘ
western Eritrea ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Barka River ⓘ
nearbyCity Keren ⓘ
regionCapitalOf former Barka province ⓘ
regionType lowland area ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
roadLinks to Asmara ⓘ
to Barentu ⓘ
to Keren ⓘ
servedAs strategic military center ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
strategicFunction logistics center ⓘ
military staging area ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Sudanese border regions ⓘ
control of routes between highlands and lowlands ⓘ
surroundingLandUse irrigated agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
timezone East Africa Time ⓘ
transportRole regional transport node ⓘ
usedDuring Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ
Italo-Ethiopian conflicts ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ
wasPartOf Ethiopian-administered Eritrea ⓘ
Italian Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Italian East Africa

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

Battle of Agordat → location → Agordat ⓘ