Asmara

Asmara (Arabic: أسمرة‎, Tigrinya: ኣስመራ?, Asmera), known as Asmera to the inhabitants, meaning "The four (feminine plural) made them unite" in Tigrinya) is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of 649,000 inhabitants. Sitting at an elevation of 2,325 metres (7,628 ft), it is located at the tip of an escarpment that is both the northwestern edge of the Eritrean highlands and the Great Rift Valley.