Axum is in Ethiopia, in Axum town. This sheet answers with open data: what the place is, where it sits at GPS precision and which notable attractions lie a few kilometers away.
Data sheet
What it is
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Country
Ethiopia
City or region
Axum town
Coordinates
14.1218 N, 38.7315 E
UNESCO World Heritage
Yes (site or site component)
Notability (sitelinks)
86
The 5 closest notable attractions
Attraction
Country
Distance (km)
Obelisk of Axum
Ethiopia
1.7
Simien Mountains National Park
Ethiopia
126.7
Fasil Ghebbi
Ethiopia
216.7
Monolithic churches in Lalibela
Ethiopia
235.1
Zabid
Yemen
494.6
The closest neighbor is Obelisk of Axum, 1.7 km away in a straight line. The table above answers the question every itinerary starts with: what else is nearby?
The name in 3 languages
Português
Aksum
English
Axum
Español
Aksum
Source and method
Source
Wikidata (CC0), snapshot of 2026-07-09
Distances
Haversine over 14.1218 N, 38.7315 E and the 2,000 attractions in the snapshot
Notability
Axum: 86 sitelinks; closest neighbor Obelisk of Axum at 1.7 km