The Southern Red Sea Region (Tigrinya: ዞባ ደቡባዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ, romanized: Zoba Debubawi Keyih Bahri, Italian: Regione del Mar Rosso Meridionale, Arabic: منطقة جنوب البحر الأحمر‎, romanized: mintaqat albahr al'ahmar aljanub) is an administrative region of Eritrea. It lies along the southern half of the Red Sea, and contains the coastal city of Assab. It borders the Northern Red Sea Region, and has an area of around 27,600 km2 (10,700 sq mi).