During the war, Nakfa was subjected to a number of destructive
attacks that left only the mosque standing.
Other towns, where hospitals, printing presses, factories, a radio
station and a college are located, were
built underground by Eritrea's independence fighters. The town is
also surrounded by trenches.
, after which
the nakfa currency is named.
It served as the base for the Eritrean People's Liberation
Front, during the Eritrean War of
Independence.
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