Hjo

Västergötland, literally translated as western , is one of 's most populous provinces. Several different subdivisions have been used during the centuries, and the province has been conjoined with and to form the enormous Western Götaland County, with municipal confederations overlapping provincial borders.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hjo Church and Equmenia Church.

Church
Photo: Tanzania, Public domain.
is a church in Hjo in . A 1794 fire destroyed the old church. Belonging to Hjo Parish of the , construction of the current church began in 1796 and was completed in 1799.

Church
Photo: Boberger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
Photo: Heltunik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mofalla.

Hamlet
Photo: Nasko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km northwest of Hjo.

Hjo

Latitude
58.3013° or 58° 18′ 5″ north
Longitude
14.28792° or 14° 17′ 17″ east
Population
6,090
Elevation
98 metres (322 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SE HJO
Open location code
9FCP872Q+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29195071
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2706184
Wiki­data ID
Q429467
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Mari—“Hjo” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Hjo”
  • Arabic: “Hjo”
  • Arabic: “هيو”
  • Armenian: “Յու”
  • Asturian: “Hjo”
  • Bulgarian: “Hjo”
  • Bulgarian: “Ю (град)”
  • Bulgarian: “Ю”
  • Catalan: “Hjo”
  • Cebuano: “Hjo”
  • Chinese: “Hjo”
  • Chinese: “尤城”
  • Croatian: “Hjo”
  • Danish: “Hjo”
  • Dutch: “Hjo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيو”
  • Faroese: “Hjo”
  • Finnish: “Hjo”
  • French: “Hjo”
  • German: “Hjo”
  • Greek: “Hjo”
  • Hebrew: “Hjo”
  • Icelandic: “Hjo”
  • Indonesian: “Hjo”
  • Irish: “Hjo”
  • Italian: “Hjo”
  • Japanese: “Hjo”
  • Japanese: “ユー”
  • Kirghiz: “Ю”
  • Ladin: “Hjo”
  • Latin: “Hiovia”
  • Latin: “Hjo”
  • Lithuanian: “Hjos”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hjo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hjo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hjo”
  • Norwegian: “Hjo”
  • Persian: “Hjo”
  • Persian: “یوا”
  • Polish: “Hjo”
  • Portuguese: “Hjo”
  • Romanian: “Hjo”
  • Russian: “Hjo”
  • Russian: “Ю (город)”
  • Russian: “Ю”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hjo”
  • Slovenian: “Hjo”
  • Swedish: “Hjo”
  • Turkish: “Hjo”
  • Ukrainian: “Ю (містечко)”
  • Urdu: “ہیو، سویڈن”
  • Volapük: “Hjo”
  • Western Mari: “Hjo”
  • Western Mari: “Ю (Швеции)”
  • Western Mari: “Ю”
  • “Hjo”

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