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.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Town with 12,200 residents
- Description: town in El Afweyn District, Somaliland
- Also known as: “‘Ēlafwēyn”, “Ceel Afweyn عيل أفوين”, “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″ north
Longitude
47.21531° or 47° 12′ 55″ east
Population
12,200
Elevation
1,077 metres (3,533 feet)
Open location code
6HX9W6H8+64
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“El Afweyn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عَيل أفوين”
- Chinese: “埃拉夫文”
- Dutch: “Ceel Afweyn”
- French: “El Afweyn”
- Hebrew: “אל אפווין”
- 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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