Galkacyo

Galkacyo is a sizeable city in Central Somalia, and remains one of the most developed cities in the region. fully controls Garsoor and Israac, and parts of Horumar, while Galmudug fully controls wadajir to the south.
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  • Type: City with 61,200 residents
  • Description: city in Puntland
  • Also known as: “Gaalkacayo”, “Gaalkacyo”, “Gaalkacyo جالكعيو”, “Galcaio”, “Galcaio, Galkayo”, “Galcayo”, “Galgacyo”, “Galka’yo”, “Galka‘yo’”, “Galkayo”, “Galkayu”, “Gallacai”, “Gallkacyo”, “Ghalkaju”, “Rocca Littorio”, “Rocco Littorio”, “جالكاكيو”, “جالْكَعْيُو”, “ガルカイオ”, and “ガルカヨ”

Galkacyo

Latitude
6.7697° or 6° 46′ 11″ north
Longitude
47.4308° or 47° 25′ 51″ east
Population
61,200
Elevation
288 metres (945 feet)
IATA airport code
GLK
UN/LOCODE
SO GAA and SO GLK
Open location code
6HR9QC9J+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 43528320
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
59611
Wiki­data ID
Q865586
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Galkacyo” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Amharic: “ጋልካዮ”
  • Amharic: “ጋካዮ”
  • Arabic: “جالكعيو”
  • Armenian: “Գալկայո”
  • Asturian: “Galkayo”
  • Azerbaijani: “Galkayo”
  • Bengali: “গালকায়ো”
  • Bengali: “গোকেও”
  • Bulgarian: “Галкайо”
  • Catalan: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Cebuano: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Chechen: “Галькайо”
  • Chinese: “加勒卡約”
  • Chinese: “加勒卡约”
  • Croatian: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Czech: “Gaalkayo”
  • Danish: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Dutch: “Galcaio”
  • Dutch: “Galkayo”
  • Esperanto: “Galkajo”
  • Finnish: “Galkayo”
  • French: “Gaal Kacyo”
  • French: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Galician: “Galkayo”
  • Georgian: “გალკაიო”
  • German: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Greek: “Γκαλκάγιο”
  • Gujarati: “ગેલકાયો”
  • Hausa: “Galkayo”
  • Hebrew: “גלקאיו”
  • Hindi: “गलकायो”
  • Indonesian: “Galkayo”
  • Italian: “Galcaio”
  • Italian: “Gallacaio”
  • Japanese: “ガルカイヨ”
  • Javanese: “Galkayo”
  • Kannada: “ಗಾಲ್ಕಾಯೊ”
  • Kazakh: “Галкайо”
  • Kirghiz: “Галкайо”
  • Korean: “갈카요”
  • Latvian: “Galkajo”
  • Lithuanian: “Galkajus”
  • Malay: “Galkayo”
  • Marathi: “गँल्कायो”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Galkayo”
  • Norwegian: “Galkayo”
  • Oromo: “Galkayo”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਾਲਕਾਯੋ”
  • Persian: “جالکعیو”
  • Persian: “گالکایو”
  • Polish: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Portuguese: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Portuguese: “Galkayo”
  • Pushto: “گالکایو”
  • Romanian: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Russian: “Галькайо”
  • Sinhala: “ගල්කායෝ”
  • Slovenian: “Galkayo”
  • Somali: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Spanish: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Spanish: “Galcaio”
  • Spanish: “Galkayo”
  • Swahili: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Swahili: “Galkayo”
  • Swedish: “Galkacyo”
  • Tajik: “Галкайо”
  • Tamil: “கால்கயோ”
  • Tatar: “Галкайо”
  • Telugu: “గల్కాయో”
  • Thai: “กาลคักโย”
  • Thai: “กาลคาอ์ยอ”
  • Turkish: “Galkayo”
  • Ukrainian: “Галькайо”
  • Urdu: “جالکعیو”
  • Uzbek: “Galkayo”
  • Vietnamese: “Galkayo”
  • Welsh: “Galkayo”
  • Zulu: “Galkayo”

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