AKSUM

Tigray · ETHIOPIA (ET) · 14.12°N / 38.72°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 344,420

Aksum is a city in Ethiopia with a population of 94,500. It sits at 14.12/38.72, runs on Africa/Addis_Ababa, is 19 km from Adwa.

Population 94,500

Place Type Populated Place

Elevation n/a

Timezone Africa/Addis_Ababa

All facts

fields

Country: Ethiopia
Subdivision: Tigray
Coords: 14.12°N / 38.72°E
UTC offset: +3
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 3 · within 50 km

E Adwa Tigray 85,600 19.6 km

W Inda Silasē Tigray 100,100 47.6 km

E Intich’o Tigray 21,800 49.2 km

Air access

nearby

AXU

Axum Airport

Medium airport

0.0 km

Universities

linked

Aksum University

aku.edu.et

FAQ

9 questions

What is the population of Aksum?: 94,500 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Aksum in?: Africa/Addis_Ababa.
Which country is Aksum in?: Ethiopia (ET).
Which airport serves Aksum?: Axum Airport (AXU).
How far is Aksum from Addis Ababa?: About 567 km.
Does Aksum have a university?: Yes. Aksum University.
What currency is used in Ethiopia?: Ethiopian Birr.
How many cities are in Ethiopia?: 255 on record.
Which admin region is Aksum in?: Tigray.

Get this page as JSON

no auth

cURL 200 OK

$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/344420

{
  "data": {
    "id": 344420,
    "name": "Aksum",
    "ascii_name": "Aksum",
    "country_code": "ET",
    "population": 94500,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Africa/Addis_Ababa",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPL",
    "latitude": 14.12109,
    "longitude": 38.72337
  }
}

Context

comparatives

1.1x the population of Adwa.
19 km from Adwa.
Same timezone (Africa/Addis_Ababa) as 254 other cities in Ethiopia.