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1400261The New International Encyclopædia — Assal

ASSAL, ȧs-säl'. An important salt-lake in the east of Africa, near the head of the Bay of Tajura. It is over 8 miles in length, and 4 miles broad, and its surface is over 530 feet below the sea-level. Its shores are covered with salt, which is exported in considerable quantities to Abyssinia.