Garissa

Garissa is a town in northeastern region of located along the Tana River, in the border between and . It is the capital of snd serves as an administrative and commercial centre for the surrounding region.
  • City with about 120,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 150 metres (500 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code GAS
  • Description: capital of Garissa County, Kenya

Places of Interest

Discover Garissa Airport.
Aerodrome
is a modest domestic airport located near Garissa town in northeastern .
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Latitude
-0.4567° or 0° 27′ 24″ south
Longitude
39.6405° or 39° 38′ 26″ east
UN/LOCODE
KE GAS
Open location code
6GFXGJVR+85
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Garissa” goes by many names.
غاريساArabic
ԳարիսաArmenian
GarissaAsturian
ГарысаBelarusian
গারিসাBengali
GarissaBreton
GarissaCatalan
加里萨Chinese
加里薩Chinese
GarissaCroatian
GarissaCzech
GarissaDanish
GarissaDutch
جاريساEgyptian Arabic
GarissaEsperanto
GarissaFinnish
გარისაGeorgian
ΓκαρίσαGreek
ગેરીસાGujarati
GarissaHausa
גאריסהHebrew
गरिस्साHindi
GarissaIndonesian
GarissaInterlingue
GarissaItalian
ガリッサJapanese
ಗ್ಯಾರಿಸ್ಸKannada
가리사Korean
GarisaLatvian
GarisaLithuanian
GarissaMalay
गॅरिसाMarathi
GarissaNorwegian
GarissaNorwegian Bokmål
گاریساPersian
گاریسا، کنیاPersian
GarissaPolish
GarissaRomanian
ГариссаRussian
GarisaSerbian
ГарисаSerbian
ගැරිස්සාSinhala
GaarisaSomali
قاریساSouth Azerbaijani
قاریسا، کنیاSouth Azerbaijani
GarissaSwahili
GarissaSwedish
கரிசாTamil
గరిస్సాTelugu
การิสซาThai
GarissaTumbuka
Garissa, KenyaTumbuka
GarissaTurkish
ГаріссаUkrainian
گاریساUrdu
GarissaUzbek
Garissa (okrug)Uzbek
GarissaVietnamese
GarissaZulu

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