Baraawe

Baraawe, also known as Barawe or Brava, is a port town on the Indian Ocean in that was as renowned as Mogadishu during a golden age period around the 15th century.
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Latitude
1.1128° or 1° 6′ 46″ north
Longitude
44.031° or 44° 1′ 52″ east
UN/LOCODE
SO BRA
Open location code
6HH6427J+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 43527946
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
64715
Wiki­data ID
Q613246

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Baraawe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باراوا”
  • Arabic: “براوة”
  • Arabic: “مدينة ﺑﺮﺍﻭة”
  • Asturian: “Barawa”
  • Catalan: “Barawa”
  • Cebuano: “Baraawe”
  • Chinese: “不剌哇”
  • Chinese: “巴拉韦”
  • Chinese: “布拉瓦”
  • Czech: “Barawa”
  • Dutch: “Barawe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باراوا”
  • Esperanto: “Baraŭo”
  • Estonian: “Baraawe”
  • Finnish: “Brava”
  • French: “Brava”
  • German: “Baraawe”
  • German: “Barawa”
  • German: “Brava”
  • German: “Mwiini”
  • Indonesian: “Barawa”
  • Italian: “Brava”
  • Japanese: “ブラバ”
  • Korean: “바라와”
  • Latin: “Brava”
  • Literary Chinese: “不剌哇”
  • Lithuanian: “Barava”
  • Moksha: “Баравэ”
  • Persian: “باراوا”
  • Polish: “Baraawe”
  • Portuguese: “Barawa”
  • Romanian: “Barawa”
  • Russian: “Барава”
  • Russian: “Барауэ”
  • Scots: “Barawa”
  • Somali: “Baraawe”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باراوا”
  • Spanish: “Barāwe”
  • Swahili: “Baraawe”
  • Swedish: “Barawa”
  • Ukrainian: “Барава”
  • Urdu: “براوہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Baraawe”
  • Zulu: “Barawa”

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