Burao

Burao, alternatively known as Burco, is the largest city of the region. It forms the region's economic lifeline, with a huge amount of trade servicing surrounding towns and provinces.
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  • Type: City with 425,000 residents
  • Description: city in Somaliland
  • Also known as: “Bur ‘ó”, “Burao برعو”, and “Burco”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burao Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport in Burao, . It is situated less than one kilometre north-east from the New Bridge at the City Center. As of 2012, the airport's facilities are undergoing major renovations, supervised by the ICAO.

Burao

Latitude
9.5277° or 9° 31′ 40″ north
Longitude
45.538° or 45° 32′ 17″ east
Population
425,000
Elevation
1,041 metres (3,415 feet)
IATA airport code
BUO
United Nations Location Code
SO BUO
Open location code
6HX7GGHQ+36
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12031126312
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
63795
Wiki­data ID
Q948448
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Burao” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برعة”
  • Arabic: “برعو”
  • Arabic: “بورعو”
  • Arabic: “بوركو”
  • Asturian: “Burao”
  • Basque: “Burao”
  • Bengali: “বুরাও”
  • Bengali: “বোরাও”
  • Catalan: “Burao”
  • Catalan: “Burco”
  • Cebuano: “Burao (kapital sa rehiyon)”
  • Cebuano: “Burao”
  • Chinese: “布勞”
  • Chinese: “布尔奥”
  • Chinese: “布拉奧”
  • Chinese: “布爾奧”
  • Croatian: “Burao”
  • Danish: “Burco”
  • Dutch: “Burao”
  • Dutch: “Burco”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برعو”
  • Esperanto: “Burco”
  • Finnish: “Burao”
  • Finnish: “Burco”
  • French: “Burao”
  • French: “Burco”
  • French: “برعو”
  • Georgian: “ბურაო”
  • German: “Bur’o”
  • German: “Burao”
  • German: “Burco”
  • Greek: “Μπουράο”
  • Gujarati: “બુરાઓ”
  • Hebrew: “בוראו”
  • Hindi: “बुऱाओ”
  • Indonesian: “Burao”
  • Irish: “Burao”
  • Italian: “Burao”
  • Italian: “Burco”
  • Japanese: “ブラオ”
  • Japanese: “ブルコ”
  • Kannada: “ಬುರಾವೊ”
  • Korean: “부라오”
  • Latvian: “Burao”
  • Lithuanian: “Burao”
  • Malay: “Burao”
  • Marathi: “बुराओ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Burao”
  • Norwegian: “Burao”
  • Persian: “برعو”
  • Polish: “Burco”
  • Portuguese: “Burao”
  • Portuguese: “Burco”
  • Romanian: “Burco”
  • Russian: “Бурао”
  • Russian: “Буръо”
  • Silesian: “Burao”
  • Sinhala: “බරාඕ”
  • Sinhala: “බුරාවෝ”
  • Somali: “Burao”
  • Somali: “Burco”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برعو”
  • Spanish: “Burao”
  • Spanish: “Burco”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Burco”
  • Swahili: “Burao”
  • Swedish: “Burao”
  • Tamil: “புருவா”
  • Tamil: “புறோ”
  • Telugu: “బురావో”
  • Telugu: “బురావ్”
  • Thai: “บูร์ออ”
  • Thai: “เบเรา”
  • Turkish: “Burao”
  • Ukrainian: “Бур’о”
  • Ukrainian: “Бурао”
  • Urdu: “برائو”
  • Urdu: “برعو”
  • Vietnamese: “Burao”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Burao”
  • Zulu: “Burao”

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