Mogadishu
Mogadishu is the capital and most populous city in Somalia. Once a beautiful city that merged Somali and Italian cultural and architectural traditions, much of it now lies in ruins after decades of civil war.
- City with about 2,120,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code MGQ
- Description: capital and the largest city of Somalia
- Also known as“Hamar”“Magadiscio”“Maqadīshū”“Maqdishu”“Mogadiisho”“Mogadish”“Mogadishu, Somalia”“Muqdisho مقديشو”“Muqdishow”“Muqdishu”“The Seat of the Shah”“Xamar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mogadishu Cathedral and Mosque of Islamic Solidarity.
Mogadishu Cathedral
Mogadishu Cathedral is a ruined Catholic cathedral located in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Mosque of Islamic Solidarity
The Mosque of Islamic Solidarity is a mosque located…
Eng. Yariisow Stadium
The Eng. Yariisow Stadium, formerly known as Garoonka…
Mogadishu
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Latitude
2.0349° or 2° 2′ 6″ north
Longitude
45.3419° or 45° 20′ 31″ east
UN/LOCODE
SO MGQ
Open location code
6HJ728MR+XQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Zulu—“Mogadishu” goes by many names.
MogadishuAchinese
MogadisjoeAfrikaans
MogadishuAlbanian
ሞቃዲሾAmharic
مقديشوArabic
مقديشيوArabic
MogadixoAragonese
ՄոգադիշոArmenian
MogadixuAsturian
MoqadişoAzerbaijani
MogadishuBalinese
MuqdishoBasque
МагадышаBelarusian
МагадышуBelarusian
মোগাদিশুBengali
মোগাদিসুBengali
MogadišBosnian
MuqdishoBreton
МогадишуBulgarian
MogadiscioCatalan
MogadixoCatalan
MogadishuCebuano
MogadishuCentral Bikol
مۆگادیشوCentral Kurdish
مۆگادیشۆCentral Kurdish
МогадишоChechen
哈馬Chinese
摩加迪休Chinese
摩加迪沙Chinese
木骨都束Chinese
MogadišCroatian
MogadishuCroatian
MogadišoCzech
MogadišuCzech
HamarDagbani
MaqadīshūDagbani
MogadishuDagbani
Mogadishu, SomaliaDagbani
The Seat of the ShahDagbani
XamarDagbani
MogadishuDanish
MogadişuDimli (individual language)
MogadishuDutch
مقديشوEgyptian Arabic
MogadiŝoEsperanto
MogadisxoEsperanto
MuqdishoEstonian
HamarEwe
MaqadīshūEwe
MogadishuEwe
Mogadishu, SomaliaEwe
The Seat of the ShahEwe
XamarEwe
MogadisciuExtremaduran
HamarFanti
MaqadīshūFanti
MogadishuFanti
Mogadishu, SomaliaFanti
The Seat of the ShahFanti
XamarFanti
HamarFarefare
MaqadīshūFarefare
MogadishuFarefare
Mogadishu, SomaliaFarefare
The Seat of the ShahFarefare
XamarFarefare
MogadishuFaroese
MogadishuFiji Hindi
MogadishuFinnish
MogadishuFulah
HamarGa
MaqadīshūGa
MogadishuGa
Mogadishu, SomaliaGa
The Seat of the ShahGa
XamarGa
MogadixoGalician
მოგადიშოGeorgian
HamarGhanaian Pidgin English
MaqadīshūGhanaian Pidgin English
MogadishuGhanaian Pidgin English
Mogadishu, SomaliaGhanaian Pidgin English
The Seat of the ShahGhanaian Pidgin English
XamarGhanaian Pidgin English
ΜογκαντίσουGreek
ΜουκντίσοGreek
MogandísioGuarani
મોગદિશુGujarati
MoukdichoHaitian
MogadishuHakka Chinese
HamarHausa
MaqadīshūHausa
MogadishuHausa
Mogadishu, SomaliaHausa
The Seat of the ShahHausa
XamarHausa
MogadishuHawaiian
מוגדישוHebrew
मोगादीशूHindi
MogadishuHungarian
MógadisjúIcelandic
MogadishuIdo
HamarIgbo
MaqadīshūIgbo
MogadishuIgbo
Mogadishu, SomaliaIgbo
The Seat of the ShahIgbo
XamarIgbo
MogadishuInari Sami
MogadishuIndonesian
MogadiscioInterlingua
MogadishuInterlingua
MogadishuInterlingue
MogaidisiúIrish
MogadiscioItalian
モガディシオJapanese
モガディシュJapanese
MogadishuJavanese
MogaadisiyoKabiyè
MugadiccuKabyle
ಮೊಗಡಿಶುKannada
ಮೊಗದಿಶುKannada
MogadishoKara-Kalpak
موغادیشوٗKashmiri
МогадишоKazakh
Могадишо қаласыKazakh
MogadishuKikuyu
MogadishuKinyarwanda
МогадишоKirghiz
MogadishuKomering
MogadishuKongo
모가디슈Korean
MuqdishoKotava
MogadîşûKurdish
HamarKusaal
MaqadīshūKusaal
MogadishuKusaal
Mogadishu, SomaliaKusaal
The Seat of the ShahKusaal
XamarKusaal
MogadisciumLatin
HamaraLatvian
MogadīšoLatvian
XamarLatvian
MogadiscioLigurian
MogadishuLingua Franca Nova
木骨都束Literary Chinese
MogadišasLithuanian
MogadišoLivvi
MugadissLombard
MogadischuLow German
MogadischuLuxembourgish
МогадишуMacedonian
MogadiscioMalagasy
MogadishuMalagasy
MogadishuMalay
മൊഗാദിഷുMalayalam
MogadishuMaltese
मोगादिशूMarathi
موگادیشوMazanderani
MogadishuMin Dong Chinese
MogadishuMin Nan Chinese
MogadishuMinangkabau
მოგადიშოMingrelian
МогадишуMoksha
МогадишоMongolian
МогадишуMongolian
موڭاديشوMoroccan Arabic
HamarMossi
MaqadīshūMossi
MogadishuMossi
Mogadishu, SomaliaMossi
The Seat of the ShahMossi
XamarMossi
HamarNigerian Pidgin
MaqadīshūNigerian Pidgin
MogadishuNigerian Pidgin
Mogadishu, SomaliaNigerian Pidgin
The Seat of the ShahNigerian Pidgin
XamarNigerian Pidgin
MogadischuNorthern Frisian
MogadishuNorthern Sami
MogadishuNorwegian
MogadishuNorwegian Bokmål
MogadishuNorwegian Nynorsk
MogadishuNovial
MogadishoOccitan (post 1500)
MogadiscūOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ମୋଗାଡ଼ିସୁOriya
МогадишоOssetian
ਮਕਦੀਸ਼ੂPanjabi
MogadishuPapiamento
موگادیشوPersian
MogadissPiemontese
MogadishoPitcairn-Norfolk
MogadiszuPolish
مکاديشوPushto
مګ ديشوPushto
مګاديشوPushto
موګادیشوPushto
MugadishuQuechua
MogadishuRomanian
МогадишоRussian
MogadìsciuSardinian
MogadishuScots
MogadishuScottish Gaelic
МогадишSerbian
МогадишуSerbian
MogadishuSerbo-Croatian
MogadishuShona
MogadiszuSilesian
موغاديشوSindhi
මොගඩිෂුSinhala
මොගාඩිශුSinhala
MogadishuSkolt Sami
MogadišoSlovak
MogadišSlovenian
MuqdishoSomali
موقادیشوSouth Azerbaijani
HamarSouthern Dagaare
MaqadīshūSouthern Dagaare
MogadishuSouthern Dagaare
Mogadishu, SomaliaSouthern Dagaare
The Seat of the ShahSouthern Dagaare
XamarSouthern Dagaare
MogadishuSwahili
MogadishuSwedish
MogadishuTagalog
МогадишоTajik
முக்தீசூTamil
மொகடிசுTamil
மொகாடிஷுTamil
మోగాదీశూTelugu
โมกาดิชูThai
མོ་ག་དི་ཤུ།Tibetan
MogadishuTumbuka
MogadişuTurkish
MogadişuTurkmen
HamarTwi
MaqadīshūTwi
MogadishuTwi
Mogadishu, SomaliaTwi
The Seat of the ShahTwi
XamarTwi
МогадишоUdmurt
МогадішоUkrainian
МоґадішоUkrainian
مقديشوUrdu
موغادیشوUrdu
MogadishoUzbek
MogadiscioVenetian
MogadišoVeps
MogadishuVietnamese
MuqdishoVolapük
HamarWali (Ghana)
MaqadīshūWali (Ghana)
MogadishuWali (Ghana)
Mogadishu, SomaliaWali (Ghana)
The Seat of the ShahWali (Ghana)
XamarWali (Ghana)
MogadishuWaray (Philippines)
MogadishuWelsh
MogadisjûWestern Frisian
موگادیشوWestern Panjabi
MogadisuWolof
摩加迪沙Wu Chinese
מאגאדישוYiddish
HamarYoruba
MaqadīshūYoruba
MogadishuYoruba
Mogadishu, SomaliaYoruba
The Seat of the ShahYoruba
XamarYoruba
摩加迪殊Yue Chinese
摩加迪沙Yue Chinese
i-MogadishuZulu
MogadishuZulu
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