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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  • Type: City with 167,000 residents
  • Description: port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia and capital of Jubaland
  • Also known as: Chisimayu”, “Kismaanyo”, and “Kismānyó

Kismayo

Latitude
-0.3602° or 0° 21′ 37″ south
Longitude
42.5409° or 42° 32′ 27″ east
Population
167,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
IATA airport code
KMU
United Nations Location Code
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 Arabic to Zulu—“Kismayo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كسماوي
  • Arabic: كسمايو
  • Arabic: كيسمايو
  • Armenian: Կիսմայո
  • Asturian: Kismayo
  • Bengali: কিসমায়ু
  • 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: 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
  • Hebrew: קיסמאיו
  • Hindi: किस्मायो
  • Hungarian: Kismaayo
  • Icelandic: Kismajó
  • Igbo: Kismayo
  • 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
  • Kannada: ಕಿಸ್ಮಯೊ
  • Kazakh: Kïsmaýo qalası
  • Kazakh: Кисмайо қаласы
  • Kazakh: Кисмайо
  • Kazakh: كىيسمايو قالاسى
  • Korean: 키스마요
  • Latvian: Kismajo
  • Lithuanian: Kisimajas
  • Lithuanian: Kismaju
  • Lithuanian: Kismajus
  • Malay: Kismayo
  • Marathi: किस्मेयो
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chisimayu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kismaajo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kismaayo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kismayo
  • Norwegian: Kismaayo
  • Occitan (post 1500): Kismayo
  • Persian: کیسمایو
  • Polish: Chisimayu
  • Polish: Kisimaju
  • Polish: Kismaayo
  • Polish: Kismaju
  • Polish: Kismayo
  • Polish: Kismayu
  • Portuguese: Kismaayo
  • Portuguese: Kismayo
  • Romanian: Kismayo
  • Russian: Кисмайо
  • Sinhala: කිස්මයෝ
  • 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
  • Tamil: கிசமயோ
  • Telugu: కిస్మయో
  • Thai: คิสมายอ
  • Turkish: Kismaayo
  • Turkish: Kismayo
  • Ukrainian: Кісмайо
  • Urdu: کیسمایو
  • Vietnamese: Kismayo
  • Waray (Philippines): Kismayo
  • Zulu: Kismayo

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