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Chief port and naval base of Ethiopia, in
Eritrea, on the Red Sea, with salt production
and pearl fishing; population (1980) 33,000.
It is one of the hottest inhabited spots in
the world, the temperature reaching 37.8
degrees C/100 degrees F in May. Massawa was
an Italian possession 1885-1941.