Massawa
Massawa ( muh-SAH-wuh; Tigrinya: ምጽዋዕ, romanized: məṣṣəwaʿ; Ge'ez: ምጽዋ; Arabic: مصوع; Italian: Massaua; Portuguese: Maçuá) is a port city in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea, located on the Red Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago It has represented a historically important port for many centuries Massawa was the capital of the Italian Colony of Eritrea until the seat of the colonial government was moved to Asmara in 1897
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