Official Name: | Shambuko |
Native Name: | شامبيكو |
Language: | Kunama |
Pushpin Map: | Eritrea |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Eritrea |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Eritrea |
Subdivision Name1: | Gash-Barka |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Shambuko District |
Coordinates: | 14.9192°N 37.8356°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Shambuko (ar|شامبيكو, in Tigrinya pronounced as /ʃambukʼo/) is a small town in the Gash-Barka Region of Eritrea. The town was overrun by Ethiopia during the Eritrean-Ethiopian War when the population fled from there.