Eyl

Eyl is an ancient port town in the northeastern region of Puntland . It's one of the four districts of Nugal region,Eyl, also called Illig, temporarily became a government-in-exile haven for the Dervish State between 1905 and 1908.
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  • Type: Village with 18,900 residents
  • Description: town in Puntland, Somalia
  • Also known as: “Ayl”, “Ceel”, “Eyl District”, and “Eyl ايل”

Eyl

Latitude
7.98066° or 7° 58′ 50″ north
Longitude
49.81878° or 49° 49′ 8″ east
Population
18,900
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
IATA airport code
HCM
United Nations Location Code
SO HCM
Open location code
6HVFXRJ9+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6528156413
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
60019
Wiki­data ID
Q1019060
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Eyl” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيل (الصومال)”
  • Arabic: “إيل”
  • Arabic: “ايل”
  • Asturian: “Eyl”
  • Catalan: “Eyl”
  • Cebuano: “Eyl”
  • Chinese: “埃爾”
  • Chinese: “艾勒”
  • Dutch: “Eyl”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايل”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة ايل”
  • French: “Eyl”
  • German: “Eeyl”
  • German: “Eyl”
  • Italian: “Eil”
  • Japanese: “エイル”
  • Persian: “عیل”
  • Polish: “Eyl”
  • Portuguese: “Eyl”
  • Romanian: “Eyl”
  • Russian: “Эйл”
  • Russian: “Эйль”
  • Somali: “Eyl”
  • South Azerbaijani: “عیل”
  • Spanish: “Eyl”
  • Swahili: “Eyl”
  • Swedish: “Eyl”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейль”
  • Urdu: “عیل”
  • Zulu: “Eyl”

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