El Afweyn
El Afweyn is a town in the Sanaag region of Somaliland. El Afweyn is a major historical town in western Sanaag region and sits at the major road connecting the cities of Burao and Erigavo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 12,200 residents
- Description: town in El Afweyn District, Somaliland
- Also known as: “‘Ēlafwēyn”, “Ceelafweeyn”, “El Afwein”, “El Afweina”, and “El Afweyne”
El Afweyn
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sanaag, Khatumo, Somalia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
9.92802° or 9° 55′ 41″ northLongitude
47.21531° or 47° 12′ 55″ eastPopulation
12,200Elevation
1,077 metres (3,533 feet)Open location code
6HX9W6H8+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 1404234111OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
62848Wikidata ID
Q5350699
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“El Afweyn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عَيل أفوين”
- Chinese: “埃勒阿夫文”
- Dutch: “Ceel Afweyn”
- French: “El Afweyn”
- Japanese: “エル・アフウェイン”
- Polish: “Ceel Afweyn”
- Romanian: “CeelAfweyn”
- Russian: “Эль-Афвейн”
- Russian: “Эль-Афуэйн”
- Somali: “Ceel Afweyn”
- Somali: “Ceelafweyn”
- Sranan Tongo: “Ceel Afweyn”
- Urdu: “الافوین”
- Zulu: “El Afweyn”
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