Mahdia

Mahdia is a town in , located near the centre of the country at an altitude of 415 m. Commerce is centred on the area's gold and diamond mining operations.
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  • Type: City with 4,200 residents
  • Description: community controlled by Guyana and claimed by Venezuela
  • Also known as: “Mahdia, Guyana” and “Махдия”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Mahdia Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Marco Farouk Basir, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an airport serving the village of Mahdia, in the Region of .

Mahdia

Latitude
5.28206° or 5° 16′ 55″ north
Longitude
-59.14953° or 59° 8′ 58″ west
Population
4,200
Elevation
381 metres (1,250 feet)
IATA airport code
MHA
UN/LOCODE
GY MHA
Open location code
68Q27VJ2+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 697397853
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3377263
Wiki­data ID
Q1020481
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Mahdia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المهدية”
  • Asturian: “Mahdia”
  • Catalan: “Mahdia”
  • Cebuano: “Mahdia”
  • Chinese: “馬迪亞”
  • Chinese: “马迪亚”
  • Dutch: “Mahdia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المهديه”
  • French: “Mahdia”
  • German: “Mahdia”
  • Italian: “Mahdia”
  • Japanese: “マディア”
  • Lithuanian: “Mahdija”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mahdia”
  • Polish: “Mahdia”
  • Portuguese: “Mádia”
  • Russian: “Мадия”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mahdia, Gvajana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mahdia”
  • Sinhala: “මහ්ඩියා, ගයනාව”
  • Spanish: “Mahdia”
  • Swedish: “Mahdia, Guyana”
  • Swedish: “Mahdia”
  • Tagalog: “Mahdia”
  • Ukrainian: “Махдія”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Campbell Town and Potaro Landing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mahdia General Hospital and Mahdia Police Station.

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