Sheikh

Sheikh, is a town in central It is associated with one of the largest remains of a medieval settlement in that formed part of a wider network of inland and coastal trade centres linking the region to Red Sea and Indian Ocean…
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Somaliland
  • Also known as: “Sheekh”, “Sheikh, Somaliland”, “Skeekh”, and “Upper Sheikh”

Sheikh

Latitude
9.9319° or 9° 55′ 55″ north
Longitude
45.19237° or 45° 11′ 33″ east
Elevation
1,432 metres (4,698 feet)
Open location code
6HX7W5JR+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1404230031
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
51812
Wiki­data ID
Q256295
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Sheikh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيخ”
  • Asturian: “Sheekh”
  • Chinese: “謝赫（索馬利亞）”
  • Chinese: “謝赫”
  • Dutch: “Sheikh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شيخ”
  • French: “Sheikh”
  • Hebrew: “שייח”
  • Italian: “Sheikh”
  • Japanese: “シェーク”
  • Japanese: “シェーハ”
  • Japanese: “シェイク”
  • Japanese: “シェイハ”
  • Polish: “Sheekh”
  • Polish: “Shiikh”
  • Romanian: “Shiikh, Somalia”
  • Romanian: “Shiikh”
  • Russian: “Ших”
  • Somali: “Sheekh, Somaliland”
  • Somali: “Shiikh”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Sheekh”
  • Swedish: “Shiikh”
  • Urdu: “شیخ، صومالیہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “شیخ، صومالیہ”
  • Zulu: “Sheikh, Somaliland”

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