Arawala

Arawala was a village in , Sudan. It used to have a population of 7000 inhabitants; however, this changed after the village was attacked by Janjaweed militia.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Sudan
  • Also known as: Arwala

Arawala

Latitude
12.38794° or 12° 23′ 17″ north
Longitude
23.29652° or 23° 17′ 48″ east
Elevation
766 metres (2,513 feet)
Open location code
7G4597QW+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7730426686
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
378426
Wiki­data ID
Q4784528
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Persian—“Arawala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أروالا
  • Arabic: أرولا
  • Dutch: Arawala
  • Egyptian Arabic: اروالا
  • French: Arawala
  • Irish: Arawala
  • Persian: اروالا

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Arawala”. Photo: Retlaw Snellac, CC BY 2.0.