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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: “Gaalkacyo”, “Galcaio”, “Galcaio, Galkayo”, “Galka‘yo’”, “Galkayo”, and “Gallacai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Ahmed Abdullahi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abdullahi Yusuf Airport, formerly known as the Galkayo Airport, is an located in Galkayo, the capital of the north-central region of .

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
United Nations Location Codes
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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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Galkacyo” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Amharic: “ጋካዮ”
  • Arabic: “جالكاكيو”
  • Arabic: “جالكعيو”
  • Arabic: “جالْكَعْيُو”
  • Armenian: “Գալկայո”
  • Asturian: “Galkayo”
  • Bengali: “গোকেও”
  • Bulgarian: “Галкайо”
  • Catalan: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Catalan: “Galcaio”
  • Catalan: “Galkacyo”
  • Catalan: “Galkayo”
  • Cebuano: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Chechen: “Галькайо”
  • Chinese: “加勒卡約”
  • Chinese: “加勒卡约”
  • Croatian: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Czech: “Gaalkayo”
  • Danish: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Danish: “Galcaio”
  • Dutch: “Galcaio”
  • Dutch: “Galkayo”
  • Esperanto: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Esperanto: “Galkajo”
  • Finnish: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Finnish: “Galcaio”
  • Finnish: “Galkayo”
  • French: “Gaal Kacyo”
  • French: “Gaalkacyo”
  • French: “Galcaio”
  • French: “Galkacyo”
  • Galician: “Galkayo”
  • Georgian: “გალკაიო”
  • German: “Gaalkacyo”
  • German: “Galcaio”
  • German: “Galka’yo”
  • German: “Galkacyo”
  • German: “Galkayo”
  • German: “Galkayu”
  • German: “Gallacaio”
  • German: “Rocco Littorio”
  • Greek: “Γκαλκάγιο”
  • Gujarati: “ગેલકાયો”
  • Hebrew: “גלקאיו”
  • Hindi: “गलकायो”
  • Indonesian: “Galkayo”
  • Italian: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Italian: “Galcaio”
  • Italian: “Galcayo”
  • Italian: “Galka’yo”
  • Italian: “Galkacyo”
  • Italian: “Gallacaio”
  • Italian: “Gallkacyo”
  • Italian: “Rocca Littorio”
  • Japanese: “ガルカイオ”
  • Japanese: “ガルカイヨ”
  • Japanese: “ガルカヨ”
  • Kannada: “ಗಾಲ್ಕಾಯೊ”
  • Korean: “갈카요”
  • Latvian: “Galkajo”
  • Lithuanian: “Galkajus”
  • Malay: “Galkayo”
  • Marathi: “गँल्कायो”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Galkayo”
  • Norwegian: “Galkayo”
  • Persian: “جالکعیو”
  • Polish: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Polish: “Galkacyo”
  • Polish: “Ghalkaju”
  • Portuguese: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Portuguese: “Galcaio”
  • Portuguese: “Galcayo”
  • Romanian: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Russian: “Галькайо”
  • Sinhala: “ගල්කායෝ”
  • Slovenian: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Slovenian: “Galkacyo”
  • Slovenian: “Galkayo”
  • Somali: “Gaalkacayo”
  • Somali: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Somali: “Galgacyo”
  • Somali: “Galkacyo”
  • Spanish: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Spanish: “Galcaio”
  • Swahili: “Gaalkacyo”
  • Swedish: “Galkacyo”
  • Tamil: “கால்கயோ”
  • Telugu: “గల్కాయో”
  • Thai: “กาลคักโย”
  • Thai: “กาลคาอ์ยอ”
  • Turkish: “Galkayo”
  • Ukrainian: “Галкайо”
  • Ukrainian: “Галькайо”
  • Urdu: “جالکعیو”
  • Vietnamese: “Galkayo”
  • Welsh: “Galkayo”
  • Zulu: “Galkayo”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Galkacyo”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.