Jalu

Jalu is an oasis town in eastern , located in the within the historical region of . It is one of the main oasis settlements in the Libyan Desert and has historically served as an important stop for trans-Saharan trade routes linking North Africa with Central Africa.
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  • Type: City with 7,960 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Gialo”, “Jalo”, and “Jālū”

Jalu

Latitude
29.03312° or 29° 1′ 59″ north
Longitude
21.54822° or 21° 32′ 54″ east
Population
7,960
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
7GX32GMX+67
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1160843625
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
86049
Wiki­data ID
Q36372
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Jalu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جالو”
  • Belarusian: “Джалу”
  • Bengali: “জালো”
  • Catalan: “Jalu”
  • Cebuano: “Gialo”
  • Chinese: “贾卢”
  • Danish: “Jalu”
  • Dutch: “Jalu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جالو”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝalu”
  • Finnish: “Jalu”
  • French: “Jalu”
  • French: “Oasis de Jalo”
  • Georgian: “ჯალუ”
  • Greek: “Τζαλού”
  • Gujarati: “જાલુ”
  • Hindi: “जालु”
  • Indonesian: “Jalu”
  • Irish: “Jalu”
  • Italian: “Gialo”
  • Italian: “Oasi di Gialo”
  • Japanese: “ジャールー”
  • Kannada: “ಜಲು”
  • Korean: “잘루”
  • Latvian: “Džalu”
  • Lithuanian: “Džalu”
  • Malay: “Jalu”
  • Marathi: “जालु”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jalu”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Jalu”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਿਆਲੋ”
  • Panjabi: “ਜਾਲੂ”
  • Persian: “جالو”
  • Polish: “Dżalu”
  • Portuguese: “Jalu”
  • Romanian: “Jaloo”
  • Russian: “Джалу”
  • Sinhala: “ජලු”
  • Slovenian: “Jalu”
  • Swedish: “Jalu”
  • Tamil: “ஜாலு”
  • Telugu: “జాలు”
  • Thai: “จาลู”
  • Turkish: “Câlû”
  • Ukrainian: “Джалу”
  • Urdu: “جلو”
  • Vietnamese: “Jalu”
  • Volapük: “Calu”
  • Zulu: “Jalu”

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