Gewane
Gewane is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 3 of the Afar Region, it has an elevation of 618 meters above sea level. Gewane is locally known as New Gewane, 2 kilometers east of the original settlement known as Old Gewane; the town was relocated astride the main, all-weather highway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 11,300 residents
- Description: geographical object
- Also known as: “Gauani”, “Gawane”, “Gawanē”, “Gawāni”, “Gewanī”, and “Gouani”
Gewane
- Category: locality
- Location: Afar Region, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
10.15923° or 10° 9′ 33″ northLongitude
40.6616° or 40° 39′ 42″ eastPopulation
11,300Elevation
620 metres (2,034 feet)Open location code
7H225M56+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2152888719OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
336745Wikidata ID
Q585723
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Gewane” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Gewane”
- Cebuano: “Gewanē”
- Dutch: “Gewane”
- French: “Gewane”
- Polish: “Gewane”
- Swedish: “Gewanē”
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