Kismayo

Kismayo is a port city in the southern province of . It is the de facto capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. The city is situated 528 kilometres southwest of the capital , near the mouth of the , where it empties into the Indian Ocean.
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  • City with 167,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 11 metres (36 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KMU
  • Description: port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia and capital of Jubaland
  • Also known as
    “Chisimayu”
    “Kismaanyo”
    “Kismaayo كيسمايو”
    “Kismānyó”

Kismayo

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Latitude
-0.3602° or 0° 21′ 37″ south
Longitude
42.5409° or 42° 32′ 27″ east
UN/LOCODE
SO KMU
Open location code
6HF4JGQR+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 36161074
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
55671
Wiki­data ID
Q270787

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Kismayo” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኪስማዮ”
  • Arabic: “كسماوي”
  • Arabic: “كسمايو”
  • Arabic: “كيسمايو”
  • Armenian: “Կիսմայո”
  • Asturian: “Kismayo”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kismayo”
  • Basque: “Kismaayo”
  • Bengali: “কিসমায়ু”
  • Bengali: “কিসমায়ো”
  • Bulgarian: “Кисмайо”
  • Catalan: “Chisimaio”
  • Catalan: “Chisimayo”
  • Catalan: “Chisimayu”
  • Catalan: “Kishimayo”
  • Catalan: “Kishimayu”
  • Catalan: “Kishmayo”
  • Catalan: “Kishmayu”
  • Catalan: “Kisimayo”
  • Catalan: “Kisimayu”
  • Catalan: “Kismaayo”
  • Catalan: “Kismaayu”
  • Catalan: “Kismayo”
  • Catalan: “Kismayu”
  • Cebuano: “Kismayo”
  • Chinese: “基斯馬尤”
  • Chinese: “基斯马尤”
  • Croatian: “Kismaayo”
  • Czech: “Kismaayo”
  • Danish: “Chisimayu”
  • Danish: “Kismaayo”
  • Dutch: “Chisimayu”
  • Dutch: “Kismaayo”
  • Dutch: “Kismayo”
  • Dutch: “Kismayu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيسمايو”
  • Esperanto: “Chisimaio”
  • Esperanto: “Kismaayo”
  • Esperanto: “Kismajo”
  • Estonian: “Kismaayo”
  • Finnish: “Kismaajo”
  • Finnish: “Kismaayo”
  • Finnish: “Kismayo”
  • Finnish: “Kismayu”
  • French: “Kismaayo”
  • French: “Kismayo”
  • French: “Kysmayo”
  • Galician: “Kismaayo”
  • Georgian: “კისმაიო”
  • German: “Chisimaayo”
  • German: “Chisimayu”
  • German: “Kismaaju”
  • German: “Kismaayo”
  • German: “Kismaayu”
  • German: “Kismajo”
  • German: “Kismaju”
  • German: “Kismayo”
  • German: “Kismayu”
  • Greek: “Κισμάγιο”
  • Gujarati: “કિસ્માયો”
  • Hausa: “Kismayo”
  • Hebrew: “קיסמאיו”
  • Hindi: “किस्मायो”
  • Hungarian: “Kismaayo”
  • Icelandic: “Kismajó”
  • Igbo: “Kismayo”
  • Inari Sami: “Kismaayo”
  • Indonesian: “Kismaayo”
  • Indonesian: “Kismayo”
  • Indonesian: “Kismayu”
  • Italian: “Chisimaio”
  • Italian: “Kisimayo”
  • Italian: “Kismaayo”
  • Italian: “Kismayo”
  • Italian: “Kismayu”
  • Japanese: “キスマユ”
  • Japanese: “キスマヨ”
  • Javanese: “Kismayo”
  • Kannada: “ಕಿಸ್ಮಯೊ”
  • Kazakh: “Kïsmaýo qalası”
  • Kazakh: “Кисмайо қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Кисмайо”
  • Kazakh: “كىيسمايو قالاسى”
  • Kirghiz: “Кисмайо”
  • Korean: “키스마요”
  • Latvian: “Kismajo”
  • Latvian: “Kismājo”
  • Lithuanian: “Kisimajas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kismaju”
  • Lithuanian: “Kismajus”
  • Malay: “Kismayo”
  • Marathi: “किस्मेयो”
  • Northern Sami: “Kismaayo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chisimayu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kismaajo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kismaayo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kismayo”
  • Norwegian: “Kismaayo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kismayo”
  • Oromo: “Kismayo”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਿਸਮਾਯੋ”
  • Persian: “کسمایو”
  • Persian: “کیسمایو”
  • Polish: “Chisimayu”
  • Polish: “Kisimaju”
  • Polish: “Kismaayo”
  • Polish: “Kismaju”
  • Polish: “Kismayo”
  • Polish: “Kismayu”
  • Portuguese: “Kismaayo”
  • Portuguese: “Kismayo”
  • Pushto: “کسمایو”
  • Romanian: “Kismayo”
  • Russian: “Кисмайо”
  • Sinhala: “කිස්මයෝ”
  • Skolt Sami: “Kismaayo”
  • Slovenian: “Kismajo”
  • Somali: “Kismaayo”
  • Somali: “Kismayo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کیسمایو”
  • Spanish: “Chisimayu”
  • Spanish: “Kismaayo”
  • Spanish: “Kismayo”
  • Spanish: “Kismayu”
  • Swahili: “Kismayu”
  • Swedish: “Chisimayu”
  • Swedish: “Kismaayo”
  • Swedish: “Kismayo”
  • Swedish: “Kismayu”
  • Tajik: “Кисмайо”
  • Tamil: “கிசமயோ”
  • Tatar: “Кисмайо”
  • Telugu: “కిస్మయో”
  • Thai: “คิสมายอ”
  • Turkish: “Kismaayo”
  • Turkish: “Kismayo”
  • Ukrainian: “Кісмайо”
  • Urdu: “کسمایو”
  • Urdu: “کیسمایو”
  • Uzbek: “Kismayo”
  • Vietnamese: “Kismayo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kismayo”
  • Zulu: “Kismayo”

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