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WebAxum or Aksum (pronounced: / ˈ æ k s uː m /) 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, a naval and trading power that ruled the whole region from about 400 BCE into the 10th century. In 1980, UNESCO added Axum's archaeological sites to its list …