Lawyacado
Lawyacado is a town in the Awdal region of Somaliland. It is situated on the border with Djibouti. The town across the border in Djibouti is Loyada, a name derived from the Afar language, which, when rewritten in Somali, becomes Lawyacado, which translates to "with a white calf".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Somaliland
- Also known as: “Layo Addo” and “Lowya Cadde”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loyada and Damerdjog.
Loyada
Village
Loyada is a small town in Djibouti. Located in the Arta Region, it is the only official border crossing from Djibouti into Somaliland. It is situated on the west coast of Gulf of Aden, 25 kilometres from the capital, Djibouti.
Damerdjog
Village
Damerjog or Damerdjog is a village located in eastern Djibouti, populated by farmers and gardeners, located in the Arta Region, 16 kilometres southeast of the capital Djibouti, north of the border with Somaliland. Damerdjog is situated 9 km west of Lawyacado.
Lawyacado
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Somalia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
11.45799° or 11° 27′ 29″ northLongitude
43.26028° or 43° 15′ 37″ eastElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
7H35F756+54OpenStreetMap ID
node 1404232382OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Lawyacado” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لويعدا”
- Dutch: “Lawyacado”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لويعدا”
- French: “Lowyacado”
- Japanese: “ラヨアド”
- Somali: “Lowyacado”
- Swedish: “Lawya Adde”
- Swedish: “Lawyacado”
- Zulu: “Lawyacado”
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