Sheikh
Sheikh, is a town in central Somaliland. It is associated with one of the largest remains of a medieval settlement in Horn of Africa that formed part of a wider network of inland and coastal trade centres linking the region to Red Sea and Indian Ocean commerce.
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- …lies at an elevation of around 1,430 metres (4,700 feet)
- Description: town in Somaliland
- Also known as“Sheekh”“Sheikh شيخ”“Sheikh, Somaliland”“Skeekh”“Upper Sheikh”
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Latitude
9.9319° or 9° 55′ 55″ north
Longitude
45.19237° or 45° 11′ 33″ east
Open location code
6HX7W5JR+QW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Sheikh” goes by many names.
شيخArabic
SheekhAsturian
謝赫Chinese
謝赫（索馬利亞）Chinese
SheikhDutch
شيخEgyptian Arabic
SheekhPolish
ShiikhPolish
ShiikhRomanian
Shiikh, SomaliaRomanian
ШихRussian
Sheekh, SomalilandSomali
ShiikhSomali
SheekhSranan Tongo
ShiikhSwedish
شیخ، صومالیہUrdu
شیخ، صومالیہWestern Panjabi
Sheikh, SomalilandZulu
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