Mogadishu
Mogadishu is the capital and most populous city in Somalia. It is home to the Somali National University and many other historical places. Mogadishu has about 1,700,000 residents. Mogadishu is situated nearby to Shingaani, and west of Old Harbour.
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Notable Places in the Area
Mogadishu Cathedral
Church
Mogadishu Cathedral is a ruined Roman Catholic cathedral located in Mogadishu, Somalia.
The National Theatre
Theater
The National Theatre of Somalia is located in central Mogadishu, Somalia.
Mosque of Islamic Solidarity
Mosque
The Mosque of Islamic Solidarity is a mosque located in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo: Welimo28, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: City
- Description: capital of Somalia
- Categories: port settlement, capital, million city and locality
- Location: Southern Somalia, Somalia, East Africa, Africa
Mogadishu
Latitude
2.0349° or 2° 2' 6" northLongitude
45.3419° or 45° 20' 31" eastPopulation
1,700,000Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)IATA airport code
MGQUnited Nations Location Code
SO MGQOpen Location Code
6HJ728MR+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 34684808GeoNames ID
53654Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Mugadiccu
- Achinese: Mogadishu
- Afrikaans: Mogadisjoe
- Albanian: Mogadishu
- Amharic: ሞቃዲሾ
- Arabic: Mogadishu
- Arabic: مقديشو
- Arabic: مقديشيو
- Aragonese: Mogadixo
- Armenian: Մոգադիշո
- Asturian; Bable: Mogadixu
- Avaric: Muqdisho
- Azerbaijani: Moqadişo
- Basque: Muqdisho
- Belarusian: Магадыша
- Belarusian: Магадышу
- Bengali: মোগাদিশু
- Bengali: মোগাদিসু
- Bosnian: Mogadiš
- Breton: Muqdisho
- Bulgarian: Могадишу
- Catalan: Mogadiscio
- Catalan: Mogadixo
- Cebuano: Mogadishu
- Central Bicolano: Mogadishu
- Central Kurdish: مۆگادیشو
- Central Kurdish: مۆگادیشۆ
- Chechen: Могадишо
- Chinese: Mogadishu
- Chinese: 哈馬
- Chinese: 摩加迪休
- Chinese: 摩加迪沙
- Chinese: 木骨都束
- Croatian: Mogadishu
- Czech: Mogadišo
- Czech: Mogadišu
- Danish: Mogadishu
- Dimli: Mogadişu
- Dutch: Mogadishu
- Egyptian Spoken Arabic: مقديشو
- English: Hamar
- English: Maqadīshū
- English: The Seat of the Shah
- English: Xamar
- Esperanto: Mogadisxo
- Esperanto: Mogadiŝo
- Estonian: Muqdisho
- Faroese: Mogadishu
- Fijian Hindustani: Mogadishu
- Finnish: Mogadishu
- French: Mogadiscio
- Frisian: Mogadisjû
- Gaelic (Scots): Mogadishu
- Gallegan: Mogadixo
- Georgian: მოგადიშო
- German: Mogadischu
- Greek: Μογκαντίσου
- Greek: Μουκντίσο
- Guarani: Mogandísio
- Gujarati: મોગદિશુ
- Haitian; Haitian Creole: Moukdicho
- Hakka Chinese: Mogadishu
- Hausa: Mogadishu
- Hawaiian: Mogadishu
- Hebrew: מוגדישו
- Hindi: मोगादिशु
- Hindi: मोगादीशू
- Hungarian: Mogadishu
- Icelandic: Mógadisjú
- Ido: Mogadishu
- Inari Sami: Mogadishu
- Indonesian: Mogadishu
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Mogadishu
- Interlingue: Mogadishu
- Irish: Mogaidisiú
- Italian: Mogadiscio
- Japanese: モガディシオ
- Japanese: モガディシュ
- Javanese: Mogadishu
- Kabiyé: Mogaadisiyo
- Kabyle: Mugadiccu
- Kannada: ಮೊಗಡಿಶು
- Kannada: ಮೊಗದಿಶು
- Kazakh: Могадишо
- Kazakh: Могадишо қаласы
- Kikuyu: Mogadishu
- Kinyarwanda: Mogadishu
- Kirghiz: Могадишо
- Kongo: Mogadishu
- Korean: 모가디슈
- Kurdish: Mogadishu
- Kurdish: Mogadîşu
- Latin: Mogadiscium
- Latvian: Mogadīšo
- Letzeburgesch: Mogadischu
- Ligurian: Mogadiscio
- Lithuanian: Mogadišas
- Livvi: Mogadišo
- Lombard: Mugadiss
- Low German; Low Saxon: Mogadischu
- Macedonian: Могадишу
- Malagasy: Mogadishu
- Malay (generic): Mogadishu
- Malayalam: മൊഗാദിഷു
- Marathi: मोगादिशू
- Min Dong Chinese: Mogadishu
- Min Nan Chinese: Mogadishu
- Mingrelian: მოგადიშო
- Mongolian: Могадишу
- Moroccan Spoken Arabic: موڭاديشو
- Northern Frisian: Mogadischu
- Norwegian: Mogadishu
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mogadishu
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Mogadishu
- Novial: Mogadishu
- Occitan (post 1500); Provençal: Mogadisho
- Oriya: ମୋଗାଡ଼ିସୁ
- Ossetian; Ossetic: Могадишо
- Panjabi: ਮਕਦੀਸ਼ੂ
- Papiamento: Mogadishu
- Persian: موگادیشو
- Piemontese: Mogadiss
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Mogadisho
- Polish: Mogadiszu
- Portuguese: Mogadíscio
- Pushto: موګادیشو
- Pushto: مکاديشو
- Pushto: مګاديشو
- Pushto: مګ ديشو
- Quechua: Mugadishu
- Romanian: Mogadishu
- Russian: Могадишо
- Sardinian: Mogadìsciu
- Scots: Mogadishu
- Serbian: Могадиш
- Serbian: Могадишу
- Serbo-Croatian: Mogadishu
- Shona: Mogadishu
- Sinhalese: මොගඩිෂු
- Sinhalese: මොගාඩිශු
- Slovak: Mogadiisho
- Slovak: Mogadišo
- Slovenian: Mogadiš
- Somali: Muqdisho
- South Azerbaijani: موقادیشو
- Spanish: Mogadiscio
- Swahili (generic): Mogadishu
- Swedish: Mogadishu
- Tagalog: Mogadishu
- Tajik: Могадишо
- Tamil: முக்தீசூ
- Tamil: மொகடிசு
- Tamil: மொகாடிஷு
- Telugu: మోగాదీశూ
- Thai: โมกาดิชู
- Tibetan: མོ་ག་དི་ཤུ།
- Turkish: Mogadişu
- Turkmen: Mogadişu
- Udmurt: Могадишо
- Ukrainian: Могадішо
- Ukrainian: Моґадішо
- Urdu: موغادیشو
- Uzbek: Mogadisho
- Venetian: Mogadiscio
- Veps: Mogadišo
- Vietnamese: Mogadishu
- Waray (Philippines): Mogadishu
- Welsh: Mogadishu
- Western Panjabi: موگادیشو
- Wolof: Mogadisu
- Wu Chinese: 摩加迪沙
- Yiddish: מאגאדישו
- Yoruba: Mogadishu
- Yue Chinese: 摩加迪殊
- Yue Chinese: 摩加迪沙
- Zulu: Mogadishu
- Magadiscio
- Maqdishu
- Mogadish
- Muqdishow
- Muqdishu
Other Places Named Mogadishu
- BanaadirState in Somalia
In the Area
Localities
- Xamar WeyneSuburb
- ShingaaniSuburb
- Old HarbourLocality
- Hamar JajabSuburb
Landmarks
- Second Lido BeachBeach
- Marwaas MosqueMosque
- national zoo
- maxkamada sareCourthouse
Popular Destinations in Somalia
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