Sheikh Hussein
Sheikh Hussein is a town in south-eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Bale Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a longitude and latitude of with an elevation of 1386 meters above sea level.
- Town
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,390 metres (4,550 feet)
- Description: settlement at the grave of the Muslim saint Sheikh Hussein
- Also known as“Scech Hussein”“Scech Hussen”“Sheh Husen”“Sheik Hussein”“Shek Husen”“Skek Husen”“ሼክ ሁሴን / Shiekh Hussein”
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Latitude
7.74634° or 7° 44′ 47″ north
Longitude
40.70364° or 40° 42′ 13″ east
Open location code
6HV2PPW3+GF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Urdu—“Sheikh Hussein” goes by many names.
ሼክ ሁሴንAmharic
শেখ হুসেনBengali
謝赫·侯賽因Chinese
Sheikh HusseinDanish
Sheikh HusseinDutch
שייח‘ חוסייןHebrew
Scec HussènItalian
دیر شیخ حسینPersian
Sheikh HusseinRomanian
Sheikh HusseinSwedish
شیخ حسینUrdu
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