Lodwar

Lodwar is a town of 83,000 people, and the capital of the Turkana District in the region of .
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Lodwar

Latitude
3.1166° or 3° 6′ 60″ north
Longitude
35.6023° or 35° 36′ 8″ east
Population
83,000
Elevation
500 metres (1,640 feet)
IATA airport code
LOK
United Nations Location Code
KE LOK
Open location code
6GMQ4J82+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 44931375
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
189280
Wiki­data ID
Q995707
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Lodwar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: لودوار
  • Asturian: Lodwar
  • Bengali: লোদওয়ার
  • Catalan: Lodwar
  • Chinese: 洛德瓦尔
  • Chinese: 洛德瓦爾
  • Czech: Lodwar
  • Danish: Lodwar
  • Dutch: Lodwar
  • Egyptian Arabic: لودوار
  • Finnish: Lodwar
  • French: Lodwar
  • Georgian: ლოდვარი
  • German: Lodwar
  • Hebrew: לודוואר
  • Indonesian: Lodwar
  • Italian: Lodwar
  • Japanese: ロドワル
  • Lithuanian: Lodvaras
  • Macedonian: Лодвар
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lodwar
  • Norwegian: Lodwar
  • Persian: لودوار
  • Polish: Lodwar
  • Portuguese: Lodwar
  • Romanian: Lodwar
  • Russian: Лодвар
  • Serbian: Lodvar
  • Serbian: Лодвар
  • Slovak: Lodwar
  • South Azerbaijani: لودوار
  • Spanish: Lodwar
  • Swahili: Lodwar
  • Swedish: Lodwar
  • Tagalog: Lodwar
  • Ukrainian: Лодвар
  • Urdu: لودوار
  • Vietnamese: Lodwar
  • Zulu: Lodwar

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