Karkaar

Karkaar is a mountain range which ranges from Somalia's northwestern border with Ethiopia, until . It is also an administrative region defined by the autonomous state.
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  • Type: Hill with an elevation of 861 metres
  • Description: administrative region in Puntland, Somalia
  • Also known as: Carcar Mountains”, “Karkar Mountains”, “Monti Carcar”, and “Mount Carcar

Karkaar

Latitude
9.91247° or 9° 54′ 45″ north
Longitude
49.39251° or 49° 23′ 33″ east
Elevation
861 metres (2,825 feet)
Open location code
6HXFW96V+X2
Geo­Names ID
55773
Wiki­data ID
Q635913
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Karkaar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كركار
  • Arabic: محافظة كركار
  • Catalan: Karkaar
  • Chinese: 卡尔卡尔州
  • Chinese: 卡爾卡爾
  • Dutch: Karkaar
  • French: Karkaar
  • German: Karkaar
  • Italian: Karkaar
  • Japanese: カルカール州
  • Portuguese: Karkaar
  • Somali: Buuraha Kar Kar
  • Somali: Karkaar
  • Venetian: Karkaar
  • Yue Chinese: 卡爾卡爾州

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