About Aksum
Aksum is a city in Tigray, Ethiopia with a population of 94,500. It is the 34th largest of the 232 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ethiopia, and the 6,101st largest worldwide. It lies 567 km from Addis Ababa.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#4of 18
Elevation
2,131 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Coordinates
14.121, 38.723
Record updated
2023-11-30
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 232 in EthiopiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.