West Africa
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Gerihun

Gerihun is a small town in in southern . In late April 1996, an attack on the town led its residents and the more than 20,000 inhabitants of a displaced camp in the vicinity to flee to .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pujehun.

Town
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of in the . The current estimate of the population of is 20,121 people. is a rural town and is the commercial and administrative center of District. is situated 8 km southwest of Gerihun.

Gerihun

Latitude
7.42011° or 7° 25′ 12″ north
Longitude
-11.6804° or 11° 40′ 49″ west
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
Open location code
6CVCC8C9+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3045312518
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2408879
Wiki­data ID
Q5550851
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In Other Languages

“Gerihun” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Gerihun”

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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 “Gerihun”. Photo: Africa Rice Center, CC BY-SA 3.0.