Axum

Axum is a city of 56,000 in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, just south of Eritrea, with which it shares the language of Tigrinya. Wikivoyage

Population 44,647 (Wikidata)

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Emergency numbers in Ethiopia

• 907AmbulanceAmbulance
• 911AnyAll emergencies
• 939FireFire
• 991PolicePolice

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