Asmara

Eritrea

Asmara, or Asmera, is the capital and most populous city of Eritrea, in the country's Central Region. It sits at an elevation of 2,325 metres, making it the sixth-highest capital in the world by altitude and the second-highest capital in Africa. The city is located at the tip of an escarpment that is both the northwestern edge of the Eritrean Highlands and the Great Rift Valley in neighbouring Ethiopia.

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Country: Eritrea
Population: 620,802
Latitude: 15.33° N
Longitude: 38.93° E

Which way is Asmara from…

From Paris, Asmara lies at 125° to the south-east, 4,990 km as the crow flies.

Paris	125° south-east	4,990 km
London	125° south-east	5,304 km
New York	63° north-east	10,725 km
Madrid	112° east	4,963 km
Rome	132° south-east	3,890 km
Montreal	63° north-east	10,454 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	335° north-west	4,412 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Three neatly placed neighbours surround Asmara: Khartoum due west, 687 km away, Sanaa due east, 565 km, and Addis Ababa due south, 701 km. From London, Eritrea’s capital lies south-east, at 125°, 5,304 km away. From New York, a flat map says 104°, east; the compass says 63°, north-east.