Kismayo
Kismayo is a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia. It is the de facto capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. The city is situated 528 kilometres southwest of the capital Mogadishu, near the mouth of the Jubba River, where it empties into the Indian Ocean.
Photo: Abdirisak, Public domain.
- 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”, “Kismaayo كيسمايو”, and “Kismānyó”
Kismayo
- Categories: port city and locality
- Location: Jubbada Hoose Region, Gedo, Somalia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Kismayo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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: “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”
- 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”
- 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”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Calenlay and Alanley.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.