Gaoui
Gaoui is a village in Chad, lying 10km north east of N'Djamena. It is said to have been the capital of the Sao civilisation and is now known for its traditional architecture and pottery manufacture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: YACOUB DOUNGOUS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Chad
- Also known as: “Gahui”, “Gaouï”, and “Gaouil”
Gaoui
- Category: locality
- Location: Chari-Baguirmi Region, Chad, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
12.17938° or 12° 10′ 46″ northLongitude
15.14868° or 15° 8′ 55″ eastElevation
301 metres (988 feet)Open location code
7F4Q54HX+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 332341037OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Gaoui” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جاوي”
- Arabic: “خاوي”
- Arabic: “غاوي”
- Arabic: “قاوي”
- Arabic: “كاوي”
- Dutch: “Gaoui”
- Egyptian Arabic: “خاوى”
- French: “Gaoui”
- Polish: “Gaoui”
- Romanian: “Gaoui”
- Russian: “Гауи”
- Urdu: “گاؤی”
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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 “Gaoui”. Photo: YACOUB DOUNGOUS, CC BY-SA 4.0.