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<p>Assab or Aseb is a port city in the <a href="/facts/Southern_Red_Sea_Region/ee3cI0GT">Southern Red Sea Region</a> of <a href="/facts/Eritrea/tuhgQTdR">Eritrea</a>. It is situated on the west coast of the <a href="/facts/Red_Sea/0dKWSgEe">Red Sea</a>. Languages spoken in Assab are predominantly <a href="/facts/Afar_language/EtQc67B1">Afar</a>, <a href="/facts/Tigrinya_language/KjCdk0vI">Tigrinya</a>, and <a href="/facts/Arabic/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>. After the Italian government took control of the port in 1882, it laid the foundations for the formation of the colony of <a href="/facts/Italian_Eritrea/gbvGE6W6">Italian Eritrea</a>, which became the independent country of <a href="/facts/Eritrea/tuhgQTdR">Eritrea</a> following its independence from <a href="/facts/Ethiopia/LVujNp5v">Ethiopia</a> in the 1990s. </p>