Dahlak Kebir

Dahlak Kebir
Waters	Red Sea
Archipelago	Dahlak Archipelago
Geographical location	15 ° 40 ′ N , 40 ° 7 ′ E Coordinates: 15 ° 40 ′ N , 40 ° 7 ′ E
length	62 km
width	27 km
surface	662.62 km²
Highest elevation	At ; 49 m
Residents	1955 ; 3 inhabitants / km²
main place	Jīmhīl
	Daklak Kebir in the Dahlak Archipelago

Dahlak Kebir is the largest island in the Dahlak archipelago , which is part of Eritrea .

geography

The island in the Red Sea was originally called Dahlak Deset . The island is 62 km long and up to 27 km wide and has an area of 662.62 km². The maximum height of the island is indicated on maps as 49 meters to 54 meters. The approximately 2000 Dahalik- speaking residents make their living from fishing, sea cucumber farming and tourism .

The main town is the village of the same name Dahlak Kebir on a small bay on the southwest coast. The small bay is also known by its English name Paradise Bay .

There are a total of eleven villages on Dahlak Kebir (with estimated population figures):

f1 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Surname	Residents	Coordinates	comment
Dahlak Kebir	300	15 ° 36 ′ 55 ″ N , 40 ° 0 ′ 18 ″ E15.615361111111 40.004916666667	Historic capital of the archipelago
Harpsichord (Gembali, Jīmhīl)	300	15 ° 45 ′ 36 ″ N , 39 ° 57 ′ 5 ″ E15.760111111111 39.951444444444	Capital of the Dahlak region, residence of the Sheikh, with a clinic
Derbushat (Durubbishet)	250	15 ° 40 ′ 11 " N , 40 ° 7 ′ 13" E15.669694444444 40.120138888889	in the center of the island, with clinic, mosque, 8–10 fountains
Melill	200	15 ° 45 ′ 59 " N , 39 ° 58 ′ 45" E15.76625 39.979111111111	typical fishing village
Salad (Sal'et)	200	...
Dhu Bellu (Dub'ullu, Debe'āluwa)	180	15 ° 44 ′ 34 " N , 40 ° 7 ′ 6" E15.742777777778 40.118333333333	with historical sites
Dasuco (Dasqo)	170	...
Memla	125	15 ° 37 ′ 42 " N , 40 ° 24 ′ 9" E15.628333333333 40.4025
Kubbani	100	15 ° 50 ′ 15 " N , 40 ° 5 ′ 23" E15.8375 40.089722222222
Kumbeiba (Cumbeiba)	90	15 ° 48 ′ 37 " N , 39 ° 59 ′ 44" E15.810194444444 39.9955
Soguri	40	...

The sum of the aforementioned population of the eleven villages results in 1955 for the entire island.

The village of Dahlak Kebir is known for its early medieval cistern or necropolis . There are also many fossils on the island , the remains of pre-Islamic cultures in the nobility and mangrove swamps .

There are ferry connections to Massaua and other islands of the Dahlak archipelago.

Individual evidence

↑ Tactical Pilotage Chart TPC K-5B : 161 feet
↑ Soviet General Staff Map 1: 200,000 , map sheet D37-05

^ MM Asfour: The Ports and Trade of the Red Sea Basin , Durham 1963, p. 44

↑ Mussie Gebreyohanns: The State of Tourism in Eritrea: Tourism Development in the Dahlak Islands , page 84

↑ Mussie Gebreyohanns: The State of Tourism in Eritrea: Tourism Development in the Dahlak Islands , page 88

↑ The modern capital of the Dahlak region, Jimhil, is not a variant of Dasqo (Dasuco), as Simeone-Senelle (2005) writes. Marie-Claude SIMEONE-Senelle: Up-to-date assessment of the results of the research on the language Dahalik language (2005) are in registered version for Dasqo Jimhile to

[1] Tactical Pilotage Chart TPC K-5B : 161 feet

[2] Soviet General Staff Map 1: 200,000 , map sheet D37-05

[3] MM Asfour: The Ports and Trade of the Red Sea Basin , Durham 1963, p. 44

[4] Mussie Gebreyohanns: The State of Tourism in Eritrea: Tourism Development in the Dahlak Islands , page 84

[5] Mussie Gebreyohanns: The State of Tourism in Eritrea: Tourism Development in the Dahlak Islands , page 88

[6] The modern capital of the Dahlak region, Jimhil, is not a variant of Dasqo (Dasuco), as Simeone-Senelle (2005) writes. Marie-Claude SIMEONE-Senelle: Up-to-date assessment of the results of the research on the language Dahalik language (2005) are in registered version for Dasqo Jimhile to