Barentu is a town in south-western Eritrea, lying south of Agordat.
It is mainly inhabited by the Nilotic Kunama people and Nara people. The Nara
people leader Shekaray Agaba was the first to build the town umba arenku which
it means the white water. It is located in the Gash-Barka Zone of Eritrea.
Barentu is the largest town in the Gash-Barka Zone in Eritrea, lying west of
Asmara. It is the capital of the Gash-Barka and home of the Nara and Kunama
tribe. The city is integrated with different types of tribes, Kunama and Nara
and Tigrigna being the dominant. Its climate is semi-desert hot during summer
and
