Irgalem
Yirgalem locally known as Diko Dalle is a town in southern Ethiopia. Surrounded by Lakes Woyima and Gidawo, it is located 260 kilometers south of Addis Ababa and 40 kilometers south of Hawassa in the Sidama Region.- Type: Town with 81,600 residents
- Description: place in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Abosto”, “Ābosto”, “Agraria”, “Dalle”, “Yirga Alem”, “Yirga-Alem”, and “ይርጋለም / Yirgalem”
Irgalem
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Sidama Region, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.7469° or 6° 44′ 49″ north
Longitude
38.4058° or 38° 24′ 21″ east
Population
81,600
Elevation
1,778 metres (5,833 feet)
Open location code
6GRWPCW4+Q8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Irgalem” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ይርጋለም”
- Arabic: “إرغالم”
- Bavarian: “Irgalem”
- Cebuano: “Yirga ‘Alem”
- Croatian: “Irgalem”
- Dutch: “Irgalem”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ارجالم”
- French: “Yirgalem”
- German: “Irgalem”
- Hebrew: “ירגעלם”
- Italian: “Irgalem”
- Polish: “Irgalem”
- Portuguese: “Irgalem”
- Romanian: “Irgalem”
- Russian: “Йирга-Алем”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Irgalem”
- Spanish: “Irgalem”
- Swahili: “Irgalem”
- Swedish: “Yirga ‘Alem”
- Urdu: “ایرگالم”
- Zulu: “Irgalem”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Aposto and Guyda Bota.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Medanhalem Church and Yirgalem municipality.
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