Editing Zula (section)

==Geography==
Zula is a village on the Red Sea in central Eritrea.<ref name=Mohammed/> It stands on the right bank of the [[Aligede River]], on a narrow coastal plain on the west side of the Gulf of Zula, some {{convert|80|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} to the east of [[Asmara]].<ref name=Atlas>{{cite book |title=Atlas of the World |last=Philip's |year=1994 |publisher=Reed International |isbn=0-540-05831-9 |page=108 }}</ref> The coast here is lined with mangroves, and there is an aircraft landing strip {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} to the north.<ref name=Naval>{{cite book|author=Naval|title=Western Arabia & The Red Sea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ffWAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA78-IA16 |year=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-21002-0 |page=78}}</ref>

The original port of Adulis is now {{convert|4|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} inland, debris washed down from the mountains having accumulated along the coastline, extending it further out to sea.<ref name=Denison>{{cite book|author1=Edward Denison|author2=Edward Paice|title=Eritrea: The Bradt Travel Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi-KQchGks8C&pg=PA176 |year=2007|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |isbn=978-1-84162-171-5 |page=176}}</ref> Napier built limited port facilities at Zula to enable his expedition; the remains of the railway tracks, laid by Napier's Expedition to haul his heavy equipment ashore, can still be seen.<ref name=Denison/><ref name=Laycock>{{cite book |last=Laycock |first=Stuart |title=All the Countries We've Ever Invaded: And the Few We Never Got Round T |publisher=The History Press |year=2012 |isbn=978-0752479699}}</ref> However, modern port services are handled at Massawa.<ref name=Mohammed/>