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Garissa

Garissa is the capital of , . It is situated in the former .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Garissa Airport.

Aerodrome
is a modest domestic airport located near Garissa town in northeastern . It serves the local population and surrounding counties, primarily supporting government, humanitarian, and charter operations.

Garissa

Latitude
-0.4567° or 0° 27′ 24″ south
Longitude
39.6405° or 39° 38′ 26″ east
Population
120,000
Elevation
147 metres (482 feet)
IATA airport code
GAS
United Nations Location Code
KE GAS
Open location code
6GFXGJVR+85
Open­Street­Map ID
node 45004027
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
197745
Wiki­data ID
Q845717
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Garissa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غاريسا”
  • Armenian: “Գարիսա”
  • Asturian: “Garissa”
  • Belarusian: “Гарыса”
  • Bengali: “গারিসা”
  • Breton: “Garissa”
  • Catalan: “Garissa”
  • Chinese: “加里萨”
  • Chinese: “加里薩”
  • Croatian: “Garissa”
  • Czech: “Garissa”
  • Danish: “Garissa”
  • Dutch: “Garissa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جاريسا”
  • Esperanto: “Garissa”
  • Finnish: “Garissa”
  • French: “Garissa”
  • Georgian: “გარისა”
  • German: “Garissa”
  • Greek: “Γκαρίσα”
  • Gujarati: “ગેરીસા”
  • Hebrew: “גאריסה”
  • Hindi: “गरिस्सा”
  • Indonesian: “Garissa”
  • Interlingue: “Garissa”
  • Italian: “Garissa”
  • Japanese: “ガリッサ”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ಯಾರಿಸ್ಸ”
  • Korean: “가리사”
  • Latvian: “Garisa”
  • Lithuanian: “Garisa”
  • Malay: “Garissa”
  • Marathi: “गॅरिसा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Garissa”
  • Norwegian: “Garissa”
  • Persian: “گاریسا، کنیا”
  • Persian: “گاریسا”
  • Polish: “Garissa”
  • Portuguese: “Garissa”
  • Romanian: “Garissa”
  • Russian: “Гарисса”
  • Serbian: “Garisa”
  • Serbian: “Гариса”
  • Sinhala: “ගැරිස්සා”
  • Somali: “Gaarisa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قاریسا، کنیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قاریسا”
  • Spanish: “Garissa”
  • Swahili: “Garissa”
  • Swedish: “Garissa”
  • Tamil: “கரிசா”
  • Telugu: “గరిస్సా”
  • Thai: “การิสซา”
  • Tumbuka: “Garissa, Kenya”
  • Tumbuka: “Garissa”
  • Turkish: “Garissa”
  • Ukrainian: “Гарісса”
  • Urdu: “گاریسا”
  • Uzbek: “Garissa (okrug)”
  • Uzbek: “Garissa”
  • Vietnamese: “Garissa”
  • Zulu: “Garissa”

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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 Wikipedia page “Garissa”. Photo: Kassim nathif, CC BY-SA 3.0.