Nakfa (city)

Nakfa
Nakfa
Coordinates	16 ° 40 ′  N , 38 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 16 ° 40 ′  N , 38 ° 29 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Eritrea
province	Semienawi Kayih Bahri
height	1748 m

Nakfa (in scientific transcription Naqfa, Arabic نقفة, also: ناكفا) is a city in Eritrea .

It is located in the northern highlands of the state in the Semienawi Kayih Bahri region , about 180 km north of the capital Asmara . The Eritrean currency Nakfa was named after this city in 1997 .

Nakfa was the headquarters of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front . The population of Nakfa is of Muslim faith.