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Giohar

Jowhar is the capital city of Hirshabelle state of . Jowhar is also the administrative capital of region of . Along with , it used to form the joint administrative capital of the Transitional Federal Government, which it captured from the Islamic Courts Union.
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  • Type: City with 47,100 residents
  • Description: capital city of Hirshabelle state of Somalia
  • Also known as: “Johar”, “Joher”, “Joowhar”, “Jowhar”, “Jōwhar”, “Villa Duca Abruzzi”, and “Villaggio Duca Abruzzi”

Giohar

Latitude
2.77973° or 2° 46′ 47″ north
Longitude
45.50422° or 45° 30′ 15″ east
Population
47,100
Elevation
108 metres (354 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SO GHR
Open location code
6HJ7QGH3+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 36161070
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
56335
Wiki­data ID
Q646574
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Giohar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جوهر”
  • Belarusian: “Джоўхар”
  • Bengali: “জুহা”
  • Bulgarian: “Джоухар”
  • Catalan: “Jowhar”
  • Cebuano: “Jawhar”
  • Chinese: “乔哈尔”
  • Chinese: “喬哈爾”
  • Czech: “Jowhar”
  • Danish: “Jowhaar”
  • Dutch: “Jawhar”
  • Dutch: “Jowhar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جوهر”
  • Esperanto: “Jawhar”
  • Estonian: “Jowhar”
  • Finnish: “Jowhar”
  • French: “Jowhar”
  • German: “Giohar”
  • German: “Jawhar”
  • German: “Jowhar”
  • Greek: “Τζοχάρ”
  • Gujarati: “જૌહાર”
  • Hindi: “जोव्हर”
  • Indonesian: “Jowhar”
  • Italian: “Giohar”
  • Italian: “Villabruzzi”
  • Italian: “Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi”
  • Japanese: “ジョハール”
  • Kannada: “ಜವ್ಹರ್”
  • Korean: “조하르”
  • Latvian: “Džouhara”
  • Lithuanian: “Džiovaras”
  • Malay: “Jowhar”
  • Marathi: “जाव्हार”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jowhar”
  • Norwegian: “Jowhar”
  • Polish: “Jawhar”
  • Portuguese: “Jowhar”
  • Romanian: “Jowhar”
  • Russian: “Джоухар”
  • Silesian: “Jawhar”
  • Sinhala: “ජෝහාර්”
  • Slovenian: “Jowhar”
  • Somali: “Jawhar”
  • Somali: “Jowhaar”
  • Somali: “Jowhar”
  • Spanish: “Jowhar”
  • Swahili: “Jawhar”
  • Swedish: “Jowhar”
  • Tamil: “ஜோஹார்”
  • Telugu: “జోవ్హర్”
  • Thai: “จอว์ฮาร์”
  • Turkish: “Cevher, Somali”
  • Turkish: “Cevher”
  • Ukrainian: “Джоугар”
  • Ukrainian: “Джоухар”
  • Urdu: “جوہر”
  • Vietnamese: “Jowhar”
  • Zulu: “Jowhar”

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