Koumbi Saleh

Koumbi Saleh, or Kumbi Saleh, is the site of a ruined ancient and medieval city in south east that may have been the capital of the Ghana Empire.
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Latitude
15.76569° or 15° 45′ 57″ north
Longitude
-7.96854° or 7° 58′ 7″ west
Open location code
7C7JQ28J+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 431889023
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
2378480
Wiki­data ID
Q682728

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Koumbi Saleh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كمبي صالح”
  • Arabic: “كومبي صالح”
  • Belarusian: “Кумбі-Салех”
  • Bishnupriya: “কুম্বি”
  • Catalan: “Kunbi Salih”
  • Chinese: “庫姆比·薩利赫考古遺址”
  • Chinese: “昆比-萨拉赫”
  • Chinese: “昆比”
  • Chinese: “昆比萨利赫”
  • Dutch: “Koumbi Saleh”
  • Esperanto: “Kumbi Saleh”
  • Finnish: “Koumbi Saleh”
  • French: “Koumbi Saleh”
  • German: “Koumbi Saleh”
  • German: “Kumbi Saleh”
  • Hebrew: “כמבי סאלה”
  • Hungarian: “Koumbi Saleh”
  • Hungarian: “Kumbi-Szale”
  • Indonesian: “Kumbi Saleh”
  • Italian: “Koumbi Saleh”
  • Italian: “Kumbi Sale”
  • Italian: “Kumbi Saleh”
  • Japanese: “クンビ＝サレー”
  • Japanese: “クンビー・サーリフ”
  • Japanese: “クンビー・サレー”
  • Malay: “Koumbi Saleh”
  • N'Ko: “ߞߎ߲ߓߌ߫ ߛߊߟߋ߫”
  • Newari: “कुम्बि”
  • Persian: “کومبی صالح”
  • Polish: “Kumbi Salih”
  • Portuguese: “Cumbi-Salé”
  • Russian: “Кумби-Сале”
  • Serbian: “Kumbi Saleh”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kumbi Saleh”
  • Slovenian: “Kolumbi Saleh”
  • Spanish: “Kumbi Saleh”
  • Swedish: “Koumbi Saleh”
  • Urdu: “کومبی صالح”
  • Western Panjabi: “کومبی صالح”

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