"Axum or Aksum (/ˈæksuːm/; Tigrinya: ኣኽሱም Ak̠ʷsəm; Amharic: አክሱም Ak̠sum; Ancient Greek: Ἄξουμις and Αὔξουμις); Afaan Oromoo: Aksuum, Ethiopia is the site of the historic capital ...
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of the Aksumite Empire. It is now a tourist town with a population of 66,800 residents (as of 2015).
The Aksumite Empire was a naval and trading power that ruled the region from about 400 BCE into the 10th century. In 1980, UNESCO added Axum´s archaeological sites to its list of World Heritage Sites due to their historic value." - (en.wikipedia.org 02.02.2020)
- Latitude14.128396987915
- Longitude38.717258453369
- Population41249