Jijiga
Jijiga is the capital city of Somali Region, Ethiopia. It became the capital of the Somali Region in 1995 after it was moved from Gode. Located in the Fafan Zone with 75 km west of the border with Somaliland, the city has an elevation of 1,634 metres above sea level.
- City with about 126,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,610 metres (5,280 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code JIJ
- Also known as“Djigdjiga”“Dzhidzhiga”“Giggigga”“Jigjigga”
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Latitude
9.3509° or 9° 21′ 3″ north
Longitude
42.8004° or 42° 48′ 1″ east
UN/LOCODE
ET JIJ
Open location code
6HX49R22+85
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Jijiga” goes by many names.
ጂጂጋAmharic
ጅጅጋAmharic
جيجيجاArabic
ՋիջիգաArmenian
JijigaAsturian
JijigaBasque
ДжыджыгаBelarusian
জিজিগাBengali
JijigaCatalan
JijigaCebuano
吉吉加Chinese
JijigaCroatian
DžidžigaCzech
JijigaDanish
JijigaDutch
جيجيجاEgyptian Arabic
ĜiĝigaEsperanto
JijigaFinnish
JijigaGalician
ΤζιτζίγκαGreek
જીજિગાGujarati
ג’יג’יגהHebrew
जिजिगHindi
JijigaHungarian
JijigaIndonesian
JijigaIrish
GiggigaItalian
JijigaItalian
ジジガJapanese
ಜಿಜಿಗKannada
지지가Korean
DžidžigaLatvian
DžigdžigaLatvian
JijigaLingua Franca Nova
DžidžigaLithuanian
JijigaMalay
जिजिगाMarathi
DjidjigaNorthern Frisian
JijigaNorwegian
JijigaNorwegian Bokmål
جیجیگاPersian
DżidżigaPolish
JijigaRomanian
ДжиджигаRussian
DžidžigaSerbo-Croatian
JijigaShona
DżidżigaSilesian
ජිජිගාSinhala
DzidžigaSlovenian
JigjigaSomali
JijigaSwahili
JijigaSwedish
ஜிஜிகாTamil
జిజీగాTelugu
จิกจิกาThai
JijigaTurkish
ДжиджигаUkrainian
جیجیگاUrdu
GiggigaVenetian
JijigaVietnamese
JiijjigaWolaytta
JijigaZulu
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