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Dahlak Archipelago
Dahlak Archipelago is located in Eritrea
Dahlak Archipelago
Dahlak Archipelago
Location of Dahlak Archipelago off the coast of Eritrea
Geography
Coordinates15°50′N 40°12′E / 15.833°N 40.200°E / 15.833; 40.200
Adjacent toRed Sea
Major islandsDahlak Kebir, Dhuladhiya, Dissei, Dohul (Dehil), Erwa
Administration
Dahlak Archipelago Eritrea
Demographics
Populationc. 3,000
LanguagesDahalik

The Dahlak Archipelago is an Eritrean island group located in the Red Sea near Massawa, Eritrea. It consists of two large and 124 small islands. The pearl fisheries of the archipelago have been famous since Roman times and still produce a substantial number of pearls.[1]

  1. ^ "Eritrea's Dahlak Archipelago Islands are so remote, there's almost no tourism". 2 June 2019.

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The Sultanate of Dahlak was a small medieval kingdom covering the Dahlak Archipelago and parts of the Eritrean coast. First attested in 1093, it quickly...

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List of islands of Eritrea

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This is a list of islands of Eritrea. Dahlak Kebir (formerly Dehalak Deset) Dhuladhiya Dissei (formerly Valentia Island) Dohul Erwa Harat Harmil Howakil...

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area of approximately 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi), and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands. Human remains found in Eritrea...

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Dahalik language

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the people of Dahlak"; also Dahaalik, Dahlik, Dahlak) is an endangered Afroasiatic language spoken exclusively in the Dahlak Archipelago in Eritrea. Its...

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Dahlak Subregion

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administrative subregion that covers the islands of the Dahlak Archipelago. The capital lies at Jimhil. Dahlak Subregion consists of two large and 124 small islands...

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Dahlak Marine National Park

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Dahlak (Dahlac) Marine National Park is a national park in the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea. It includes part of the Dahlak archipelago and the...

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Kingdom of Aksum

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Northern Red Sea Region

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along the northern three quarters of the Red Sea, and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and the coastal city of Massawa. As of 2005, the region had a population...

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Massawa

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on the Red Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago. It has been a historically important port for many centuries. Massawa...

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Echis

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Cherlin's saw-scaled viper Red Sea island between Yemen and Eritrea (Dahlak Archipelago) E. ocellatus Stemmler, 1970 0 African saw-scaled viper Northwest...

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Nocra prison camp

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The Nocra prison camp was an Italian prison camp established on the island of Nocra, off the coast of Massawa, in Italian colony of Eritrea, that was used...

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Mamluk Sultanate

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time, the Mamluks had conquered the Red Sea areas of Suakin and the Dahlak Archipelago, while attempting to extend their control to the Hejaz (western Arabia)...

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Red Sea

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rock in the basin. Oil seeps occur near the Farasan Islands, the Dahlak Archipelago, along the coast of Eritrea, and in the southeastern Red Sea along...

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Tigre people

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MV Saviz

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2016, according to ship-tracking data. The ship has drifted off the Dahlak archipelago, a chain of islands off the coast of the nearby Eritrea in the Red...

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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...

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List of islands of Africa

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List of Soviet Union military bases abroad

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Matruh  Egypt 1967–1972 Latakia and Tartus  Syria 1971–present Nokra, Dahlak Archipelago  Ethiopia 1977–1991 Socotra and Aden  South Yemen 1971–late 1980s...

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Ethiopia in the Middle Ages

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Platyceps largeni

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Platyceps largeni, the Dahlak racer, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The snake is found in the Dahlak Archipelago in Eritrea. Spawls, S...

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History of Eritrea

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contested by many powers. In the 16th century the Ottomans occupied the Dahlak Archipelago and then Massawa. Also in the 16th century, Eritrea was affected by...

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Adulis

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mystery. Muslim writers occasionally mention both Adulis and the nearby Dahlak Archipelago as places of exile.[citation needed] The evidence suggests that Axum...

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Zara Yaqob

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reign, in 1464/1465, Massawa and the Dahlak archipelago were pillaged by emperor Zara Yaqob, and the Sultanate of Dahlak was forced to pay tribute to the...

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Common ostrich

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Common ostriches have occasionally been seen inhabiting islands on the Dahlak Archipelago, in the Red Sea near Eritrea. Research conducted by the Birbal Sahni...

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Languages of Eritrea

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