Why visit Aksum
Townapedia lists 22 museums and landmarks, 10 places to eat, 15 places to stay and 2 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Aksum University, Dungur and Ezana Stone.
Weather in Aksum
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About Aksum
Axum, also spelled Aksum, is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia with a population of 66,900 residents (as of 2015). It is the site of the historic capital of the Aksumite Empire.
From the Wikipedia article Axum (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Aksum on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do2
Museums and landmarks22
Dungur
Monument and historic site · 1.9 km
Building in Axum, Ethiopia
Ezana Stone
Monument and historic site · 1.9 km
Stele in Aksum, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum, in present-day Ethiopia
King Ezana's Stele
Monument and historic site · 1.3 km
Monumental stele in Axum, Ethiopia
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Obelisk of Axum
Monument and historic site · 1.3 km
4th-century phonolite stele in Axum, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
10 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes10
Where to stay15
3 more on the map.
Churches and places of worship8
Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion
Church · Ethiopian Orthodox · 1.1 km
Aksum K'Idus Yared Andenya Dereja Timhirt Bet
Church · Ethiopian Orthodox · 1.4 km
Gebre Tela Abune Ment'Eliyon Bete Kristiyan
Church · Ethiopian Orthodox · 2.4 km
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries2
Healthcare2
Map of Aksum
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Getting there and nearby towns
Axum Airport (AXU) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 6 km away.
- Adwa 20 km east, about 20 min by car
- Inda Silasē 48 km west, about 48 min by car
- Intich’o 49 km east, about 49 min by car
- Indabaguna 61 km west, about 1 h by car
- Ābīy Ādī 68 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Ādīgrat 81 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Cecropis abyssinica abyssinica, Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia 1, rmedina, CC BY 4.0
- Aksum (6191935484), Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ethiopian Thrush, Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia 1, geolas, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ethiopian Thrush, Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia 3, geolas, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ethiopian Thrush, Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia 2, geolas, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Aksum Stelae I (24057155332), Ludger Heide, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Aksum, iscrizione di re ezana, in greco, sabeo e ge'ez, 330-350 dc ca. 10, Sailko, CC BY 3.0
- Aksum, stele 3 detta di re ezana, l'unica mai crollata 05, Sailko, CC BY 3.0
- Rome Stele, Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5
- Agapornis taranta 2040762, Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0
- Axum stelae (5499087338), Katie Hunt from St Albans, UK, CC BY 2.0
- Girls in Axum (5499088716), Katie Hunt from St Albans, UK, CC BY 2.0
- Axum stelae (5498491357), Katie Hunt from St Albans, UK, CC BY 2.0
- Ethiopian Monk (48538822027), Mark Fischer, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ethiopian 9 Saints Mural Axum, Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org, CC BY 2.5
- Tigray Region (23538463483), Ludger Heide, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ethiopian Bible (48368245696), Mark Fischer, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Church gatherings, Mtomg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Church gatherings in Axum, Mtomg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Axum northern stelea park, Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Axum, Ethiopia (27167570040), cotterillmike, CC0
- Blue-bellied Ridgeback Agama - Acanthocercus cyanogaster, Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Xerus erythropus 2, geolas, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Xerus erythropus 3, geolas, CC BY-SA 4.0
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