Keren
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Coordinates | 15 ° 46 ′ N , 38 ° 27 ′ E | |
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Country | Eritrea | |
Anseba | ||
ISO 3166-2 | ER-AN | |
height | 1401 m | |
Residents | 76,712 |
Keren ( Ge'ez : ከረን Italian Cheren ) is a city in the interior of Eritrea with 76,712 inhabitants.
It is the capital of the Anseba region and has a largely Muslim population. Arabic , Tigrinya , Tigre and Blin are spoken in Keren .
During the Second World War , the Battle of Keren between the British troops advancing from Sudan and the Italian colonial power ended with the British victory, which at the same time led to the surrender of the Italian troops and the subsequent largely unresisted occupation of Eritrea by the British.
Keren was connected with a rail link from Asmara in 1922 . It was destroyed in the Eritrean War of Independence and not rebuilt.
In Keren there is a hospital and a school for the deaf run by the ELCE ( Evangelican Lutheran Church of Eritrea ).
religion
The Eparchy Keren is a diocese of the Erite Catholic Church , which is united with the Roman Catholic Church.
Two kilometers north of Keren is “Mariam Dearit”, a Christian shrine inside a hollow baobab tree , which is said to have healing powers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ shabait.com Mariam Dearit
Web links
- Keren on Eritrea.be (last accessed: September 17, 2008)