Maicao

Maicao is a city in the department in northeastern , near the border with .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab.

Mosque
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The is a in Maicao, La Guajira, . It is the third largest mosque in Latin America. It is locally known as "La Mezquita", simply because it is the only mosque in the region.

Maicao

Latitude
11.3773° or 11° 22′ 38″ north
Longitude
-72.2388° or 72° 14′ 20″ west
Population
124,000
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Open location code
77399QG6+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 703170222
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3675659
Wiki­data ID
Q1937427
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wayuu—“Maicao” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مايكاو”
  • Asturian: “Maicao (Colombia)”
  • Asturian: “Maicao”
  • Catalan: “Maicao”
  • Cebuano: “Maicao”
  • Chinese: “Maicao”
  • Chinese: “迈考”
  • Chinese: “邁考”
  • Danish: “Maicao”
  • Dutch: “Maicao”
  • Finnish: “Maicao”
  • French: “Maicao”
  • Galician: “Maicao”
  • Georgian: “მაიკაო”
  • German: “Maicao”
  • Hebrew: “מאיקאו”
  • Irish: “Maicao”
  • Italian: “Maicao”
  • Japanese: “マイカーオ”
  • Japanese: “マイカオ”
  • Lithuanian: “Maikao”
  • Malagasy: “Maicao”
  • Malay: “Maicao”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Maicao”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maicao”
  • Norwegian: “Maicao”
  • Persian: “مایکائو”
  • Polish: “Maicao”
  • Portuguese: “Maicao”
  • Russian: “Майкао”
  • Spanish: “Maicao”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Maicao”
  • Swedish: “Maicao”
  • Tagalog: “Maicao”
  • Tatar: “Майкао”
  • Turkish: “Maicao (belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Maicao belediyesi”
  • Turkish: “Maicao”
  • Urdu: “مایکاؤ”
  • Vietnamese: “Maicao”
  • Volapük: “Maicao”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Maicao”
  • Wayuu: “Maiko’u”

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