Mai Nefhi (Tigrigna for "Water-Distend?") is both a location near
Asmara,
Eritrea and the dam after which it was named. The Mai Nefhi dam was completed in 1970, during the reign of
Haile Selassie, and remains the main water source for
Asmara.
Abardae a town with a population of 3,000 residents is located nearby. Eritrea Institute of Technology, the only technical college in the country is located 500m away from Abardae-Mai Nefhi.