Luuq

Luuq is a city in , Southern Somalia. It is the capital of the Luuq District. The town sits in a bend of the Juba River, where the watercourse flows down from north to south in a horseshoe shape.
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  • Type: City with 33,800 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Somalia
  • Also known as: “Ganane”, “Lugh Ferrandi”, “Lugh Ganana”, “Lugh Ganane”, “Lughferandi”, “Luq”, “Luuk”, “Luuq Ganaane”, “Luuq لوق”, and “Luuq-Ganaane”

Luuq

Latitude
3.8004° or 3° 48′ 2″ north
Longitude
42.5446° or 42° 32′ 41″ east
Population
33,800
Elevation
150 metres (492 feet)
IATA airport code
LGX
UN/LOCODE
SO LGX
Open location code
6HM4RG2V+5R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1404225468
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
54715
Wiki­data ID
Q1878274
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Luuq” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لوق”
  • Cebuano: “Luuq”
  • Chinese: “卢格”
  • Danish: “Luuq”
  • Dutch: “Luuq”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لوق”
  • French: “Luuq”
  • German: “Luuq”
  • Hindi: “लुक”
  • Indonesian: “Luuq”
  • Irish: “Luuq”
  • Italian: “Lugh”
  • Japanese: “ルーク”
  • Korean: “루크”
  • Polish: “Luuq”
  • Portuguese: “Luuq”
  • Romanian: “Luuq”
  • Russian: “Лук”
  • Russian: “Люк”
  • Somali: “Luuq Gananeh”
  • Somali: “Luuq”
  • Spanish: “Luuq”
  • Swahili: “Luuq”
  • Swedish: “Luuq”
  • Urdu: “لوق”
  • Zulu: “Luuq”

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