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Highest Major Cities in Eritrea

Cities in Eritrea with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by elevation above sea level (GeoNames digital elevation model).

📅 2026📏 metres8 entries🇪🇷 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Asmara563,930 people · Maekel
2,334 m
2
Mendefera17,781 people · Debub
1,977 m
3
Keren74,800 people · Anseba
1,399 m
4
Barentu15,891 people · Gash-Barka
1,009 m
5
Af’abet35,673 people · Debub
977 m
6
Himora46,100 people · Gash-Barka
585 m
7
Assab21,300 people · Southern Red Sea
22 m
8
Massawa23,100 people · Northern Red Sea
9 m

Highlights

Within Eritrea, Asmara ranks first in 2026 with 2,334 m, followed by Mendefera (1,977 m) and Keren (1,399 m).

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Elevation is the GeoNames digital elevation model value at the populated place coordinates; population figures are shown for context.