Merowe

Merowe is a town in Northern State, , near , about 330 kilometres north of . It borders the Nile and is the site of the project, the largest contemporary hydropower project in Africa.
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  • Type: City with 10,000 residents
  • Description: city in Sudan
  • Also known as: “Marawi”, “Marawī”, and “Merowe, Sudan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sanam.

Archaeological site
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is a modern village in . It is located at the bank of the Nile river next to Merowe. Here were found the remains of an ancient town which flourished mainly in the Period.

Merowe

Latitude
18.4812° or 18° 28′ 52″ north
Longitude
31.8172° or 31° 49′ 2″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
255 metres (837 feet)
IATA airport code
MWE
United Nations Location Code
SD MWE
Open location code
7GCHFRJ8+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1620604084
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
370481
Wiki­data ID
Q2784541
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Merowe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مروي”
  • Bengali: “মেরওয়ে”
  • Cebuano: “Marawī”
  • Chinese: “麥洛維”
  • Chinese: “麥羅維”
  • Chinese: “麦洛维”
  • Chinese: “麦罗维”
  • Danish: “Merowe”
  • Dutch: “Merowe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مروى”
  • Finnish: “Merowe”
  • French: “Merowe”
  • German: “Marawi”
  • German: “Marawī”
  • German: “Merawi”
  • German: “Merowe”
  • Greek: “Μερόβε”
  • Gujarati: “મરોવે”
  • Hindi: “मरोवे”
  • Indonesian: “Merowe”
  • Irish: “Merowe”
  • Italian: “Merowe”
  • Japanese: “メロウェ”
  • Kannada: “ಮೆರೊವೆ”
  • Korean: “브루웨”
  • Latvian: “Merove”
  • Lithuanian: “Merovė”
  • Malay: “Merowe”
  • Marathi: “मॅरोव्ह”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Merowe”
  • Persian: “مروی”
  • Polish: “Marawi”
  • Polish: “Merowe”
  • Portuguese: “Merowe”
  • Russian: “Мерове”
  • Russian: “Мероэ”
  • Sinhala: “මෙරෝවේ”
  • Spanish: “Merowe”
  • Swedish: “Merowe”
  • Tamil: “மேரோவெ”
  • Telugu: “మిరావే”
  • Thai: “เมโรนี”
  • Turkish: “Merowe”
  • Ukrainian: “Мерове”
  • Urdu: “مرووے”
  • Urdu: “مروی”
  • Vietnamese: “Merowe”
  • Zulu: “Merowe, Sudan”
  • Zulu: “Merowe”

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