Mao

Mao is a city in , the capital of the Kanem Region and the Kanem Department. It is the 16th largest city in , and is located 226 km north-northeast of N'Djamena. The city is ruled by the Sultan of Kanem, the chief of the Kanembou people.
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  • Type: City with 50,700 residents
  • Description: city in Chad
  • Also known as: “Mao ماو” and “Mao, Chad”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mao Airport.

Aerodrome
is a public use located near Mao, Kanem, .

Mao

Latitude
14.1234° or 14° 7′ 24″ north
Longitude
15.3108° or 15° 18′ 39″ east
Population
50,700
Elevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)
IATA airport code
AMO
United Nations Location Code
TD AMO
Open location code
7F6Q48F6+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 469211942
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2428394
Wiki­data ID
Q1786045
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Mari—“Mao” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ማኦ”
  • Arabic: “مؤ”
  • Arabic: “ماو”
  • Asturian: “Mao”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mao”
  • Bengali: “মাও”
  • Bulgarian: “Мао”
  • Catalan: “Mao”
  • Cebuano: “Mao”
  • Chinese: “馬奧”
  • Chinese: “马奥”
  • Danish: “Mao”
  • Dutch: “Mao”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماو”
  • Finnish: “Mao”
  • French: “Mao”
  • German: “Mao”
  • Greek: “Μάο”
  • Gujarati: “માઓ”
  • Hausa: “Mao, Chadi”
  • Hausa: “Mao”
  • Hindi: “मओ, चाड”
  • Hindi: “माओ”
  • Indonesian: “Mao, Chad”
  • Indonesian: “Mao”
  • Italian: “Mao”
  • Japanese: “マオ”
  • Javanese: “Mao”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾವೋ”
  • Kazakh: “Мао”
  • Kirghiz: “Мао”
  • Korean: “마오(차드)”
  • Korean: “마오”
  • Latvian: “Mao”
  • Lithuanian: “Mao”
  • Malay: “Mao, Chad”
  • Malay: “Mao”
  • Marathi: “माओ”
  • Mongolian: “Мао (Чад)”
  • Mongolian: “Мао”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mao”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mao”
  • Norwegian: “Mao”
  • Oromo: “Mao”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਓ”
  • Persian: “مائو، چاد”
  • Persian: “مائو”
  • Persian: “ماو”
  • Polish: “Mao”
  • Portuguese: “Mao”
  • Pushto: “ماؤ”
  • Romanian: “Mao, Ciad”
  • Romanian: “Mao”
  • Russian: “Мао (Чад)”
  • Russian: “Мао”
  • Sinhala: “මාඕ”
  • Slovenian: “Mao”
  • Somali: “Mao”
  • Spanish: “Mao (Chad)”
  • Spanish: “Mao”
  • Swahili: “Mao”
  • Swedish: “Mao”
  • Tagalog: “Mao, Chad”
  • Tagalog: “Mao”
  • Tajik: “Мао”
  • Tamil: “மாவோ”
  • Tatar: “Мао”
  • Telugu: “మావో”
  • Thai: “เมา”
  • Turkish: “Mao”
  • Ukrainian: “Мао”
  • Urdu: “ماؤ”
  • Urdu: “ماو، چاڈ”
  • Urdu: “ماو”
  • Uzbek: “Mao”
  • Vietnamese: “Mao”
  • Western Mari: “Мао”

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