Golluj

Golluj is a town in . Located in the south-western Gash-Barka region, it is the capital of the Golluj district. Golluj has more arable land per-capita than any other place in Eritrea; therefore, most often it is referred to as the bread basket of Eritrea within the Gash-Barka region.
Wikipedia
  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of 671 metres (2,201 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Eritrea
  • Also known as
    “Gulch”
    “Gullui”
    “Guloj”
    “Guluj”
    “Guluy”
    “Gulwy”
    “Gwelīj”
    “Gweluj”

Golluj

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Latitude
14.74306° or 14° 44′ 35″ north
Longitude
36.71917° or 36° 43′ 9″ east
Open location code
7G6RPPV9+6M
Geo­Names ID
335630
Wiki­data ID
Q15221833

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Golluj” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غلخ”
  • Dutch: “Golluj”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “غلخ”
  • Fulah: “Golluj”
  • Irish: “Golluj”
  • Polish: “Goluj”
  • Russian: “Гуллуй”
  • Tigrinya: “Gwelej”
  • Tigrinya: “ጐለጅ”
  • Tigrinya: “ጐሉጅ”
  • Tigrinya: “ጐሊጅ”
  • Zulu: “Golluj”

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