Giohar
Jowhar is the capital city of Hirshabelle state of Somalia. Jowhar is also the administrative capital of Middle Shabelle region of Somalia. Along with Baidoa, it used to form the joint administrative capital of the Transitional Federal Government, which it captured from the Islamic Courts Union.- City with about 47,100 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 100 metres (330 feet)
- Description: capital city of Hirshabelle state of Somalia
- Also known as“Johar”“Joher”“Joowhar”“Jōwhar”“Jowhar جوهر”“Villa Duca Abruzzi”“Villaggio Duca Abruzzi”
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Latitude
2.77973° or 2° 46′ 47″ north
Longitude
45.50422° or 45° 30′ 15″ east
UN/LOCODE
SO GHR
Open location code
6HJ7QGH3+VM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Giohar” goes by many names.
ጃዋርAmharic
جوهرArabic
CavcavcalAzerbaijani
ДжоўхарBelarusian
জাওয়ারBengali
জুহাBengali
ДжоухарBulgarian
JowharCatalan
JawharCebuano
乔哈尔Chinese
喬哈爾Chinese
JowharCzech
JowhaarDanish
JawharDutch
JowharDutch
جوهرEgyptian Arabic
JawharEsperanto
JowharEstonian
JowharFinnish
ΤζοχάρGreek
જૌહારGujarati
JawaharHausa
जोव्हरHindi
JawaharIndonesian
JowharIndonesian
GioharItalian
VillabruzziItalian
Villaggio Duca degli AbruzziItalian
ジャワハルJapanese
ジョハールJapanese
JawaharJavanese
ಜವ್ಹರ್Kannada
ЖоһарKazakh
ЖоһарKirghiz
조하르Korean
DžouharaLatvian
DžiovarasLithuanian
JawaharMalay
JowharMalay
जाव्हारMarathi
JowharNorwegian
JowharNorwegian Bokmål
JowharRomanian
ДжавхарRussian
ДжоухарRussian
JawharSilesian
ජෝහාර්Sinhala
JowharSlovenian
JawharSomali
ДжавхарTajik
ஜோஹார்Tamil
ҖавһарTatar
జోవ్హర్Telugu
จอว์ฮาร์Thai
CavcavcalTurkish
CevherTurkish
Cevher, SomaliTurkish
ДжоугарUkrainian
ДжоухарUkrainian
جوہرUrdu
JavoharUzbek
JowharVietnamese
JowharZulu
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