Wanlaweyn
Wanlaweyn historical is a town in the northern Lower Shebelle region of Somalia. Located about 90 km northwest of the capital Mogadishu, and it is the administrative center of the Wanlaweyn District.- Type: Town with 22,000 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Bahle Dogli”, “Wangleweyn”, “Wanla Uen”, “Wanla Weyne”, “Wanlaweyn ونلوين”, and “Wanle Weyne”
Wanlaweyn
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lower Shabeelle, Somalia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
2.61927° or 2° 37′ 9″ north
Longitude
44.89364° or 44° 53′ 37″ east
Population
22,000
Elevation
93 metres (305 feet)
Open location code
6HJ6JV9V+PF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Wanlaweyn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ونلوين”
- Cebuano: “Wanlaweyn”
- Chinese: “萬萊文”
- Dutch: “Wanlaweyn”
- French: “Wanlaweyn”
- German: “Wanlaweyne”
- Irish: “Wanlaweyn”
- Italian: “Uanle Uen”
- Japanese: “ワンラウェイン”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wanlaweyn”
- Norwegian: “Wanlaweyn”
- Polish: “Wanlaweyn”
- Russian: “Уанлауэйн”
- Somali: “Wanlaweyn”
- Swahili: “Wanlaweyne”
- Swedish: “Wanla Weyn”
- Urdu: “وانلاوین”
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