Somalia
Southern Somalia
Banaadir

Mogadishu

Mogadishu is the capital and most populous city in . 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.
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  • Type: City with 2,610,000 residents
  • Description: capital and the largest city of Somalia
  • Also known as: “Hamar”, “Magadiscio”, “Maqadīshū”, “Maqdishu”, “Mogadiisho”, “Mogadish”, “Mogadishu, Somalia”, “Muqdishow”, “Muqdishu”, “The Seat of the Shah”, and “Xamar”
Photo: CT Snow, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mogadishu Cathedral and Mosque of Islamic Solidarity.

Church
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is a ruined Catholic cathedral located in Mogadishu, . Between 1928 and 1991, it served as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogadiscio.

Mosque
Photo: Welimo28, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a located in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Stadium
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The , formerly known as Garoonka Banaadir Stadium, or simply Benadir Stadium in the Somali language, is a multi-use 20,000-capacity in Mogadishu, , , that is currently used mostly for football matches.

Mogadishu

Latitude
2.0349° or 2° 2′ 6″ north
Longitude
45.3419° or 45° 20′ 31″ east
Population
2,610,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
IATA airport code
MGQ
United Nations Location Code
SO MGQ
Open location code
6HJ728MR+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 34684808
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
53654
Wiki­data ID
Q2449
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Mogadishu” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Mogadishu”
  • Afrikaans: “Mogadisjoe”
  • Albanian: “Mogadishu”
  • Amharic: “ሞቃዲሾ”
  • Arabic: “مقديشو”
  • Arabic: “مقديشيو”
  • Aragonese: “Mogadixo”
  • Armenian: “Մոգադիշո”
  • Asturian: “Mogadixu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Moqadişo”
  • Balinese: “Mogadishu”
  • Basque: “Muqdisho”
  • Belarusian: “Магадыша”
  • Belarusian: “Магадышу”
  • Bengali: “মোগাদিশু”
  • Bengali: “মোগাদিসু”
  • Bosnian: “Mogadiš”
  • Breton: “Muqdisho”
  • Bulgarian: “Могадишу”
  • Catalan: “Mogadiscio”
  • Catalan: “Mogadixo”
  • Cebuano: “Mogadishu”
  • Central Bikol: “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: “Mogadiš”
  • Croatian: “Mogadishu”
  • Czech: “Mogadišo”
  • Czech: “Mogadišu”
  • Dagbani: “Hamar”
  • Dagbani: “Maqadīshū”
  • Dagbani: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Dagbani: “Mogadishu”
  • Dagbani: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Dagbani: “Xamar”
  • Danish: “Mogadishu”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Mogadişu”
  • Dutch: “Mogadishu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقديشو”
  • Esperanto: “Mogadiŝo”
  • Esperanto: “Mogadisxo”
  • Estonian: “Muqdisho”
  • Ewe: “Hamar”
  • Ewe: “Maqadīshū”
  • Ewe: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Ewe: “Mogadishu”
  • Ewe: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Ewe: “Xamar”
  • Fanti: “Hamar”
  • Fanti: “Maqadīshū”
  • Fanti: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Fanti: “Mogadishu”
  • Fanti: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Fanti: “Xamar”
  • Farefare: “Hamar”
  • Farefare: “Maqadīshū”
  • Farefare: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Farefare: “Mogadishu”
  • Farefare: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Farefare: “Xamar”
  • Faroese: “Mogadishu”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Mogadishu”
  • Finnish: “Mogadishu”
  • French: “Hamar”
  • French: “Maqadīshū”
  • French: “Mogadiscio”
  • French: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • French: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • French: “Xamar”
  • Fulah: “Mogadishu”
  • Ga: “Hamar”
  • Ga: “Maqadīshū”
  • Ga: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Ga: “Mogadishu”
  • Ga: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Ga: “Xamar”
  • Galician: “Mogadixo”
  • Georgian: “მოგადიშო”
  • German: “Mogadischu”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Hamar”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Maqadīshū”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Mogadishu”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Xamar”
  • Greek: “Μογκαντίσου”
  • Greek: “Μουκντίσο”
  • Guarani: “Mogandísio”
  • Gujarati: “મોગદિશુ”
  • Haitian: “Moukdicho”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Mogadishu”
  • Hausa: “Hamar”
  • Hausa: “Maqadīshū”
  • Hausa: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Hausa: “Mogadishu”
  • Hausa: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Hausa: “Xamar”
  • Hawaiian: “Mogadishu”
  • Hebrew: “מוגדישו”
  • Hindi: “मोगादिशु”
  • Hindi: “मोगादीशू”
  • Hungarian: “Mogadishu”
  • Icelandic: “Mógadisjú”
  • Ido: “Mogadishu”
  • Igbo: “Hamar”
  • Igbo: “Maqadīshū”
  • Igbo: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Igbo: “Mogadishu”
  • Igbo: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Igbo: “Xamar”
  • Inari Sami: “Mogadishu”
  • Indonesian: “Mogadishu”
  • Interlingua: “Mogadiscio”
  • Interlingua: “Mogadishu”
  • Interlingue: “Mogadishu”
  • Irish: “Mogaidisiú”
  • Italian: “Mogadiscio”
  • Japanese: “モガディシオ”
  • Japanese: “モガディシュ”
  • Javanese: “Mogadishu”
  • Kabiyè: “Mogaadisiyo”
  • Kabyle: “Mugadiccu”
  • Kannada: “ಮೊಗಡಿಶು”
  • Kannada: “ಮೊಗದಿಶು”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Mogadisho”
  • Kashmiri: “موغادیشوٗ”
  • Kazakh: “Могадишо қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Могадишо”
  • Kikuyu: “Mogadishu”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Mogadishu”
  • Kirghiz: “Могадишо”
  • Komering: “Mogadishu”
  • Kongo: “Mogadishu”
  • Korean: “모가디슈”
  • Kotava: “Muqdisho”
  • Kurdish: “Mogadîşu”
  • Kurdish: “Mogadîşû”
  • Kusaal: “Hamar”
  • Kusaal: “Maqadīshū”
  • Kusaal: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Kusaal: “Mogadishu”
  • Kusaal: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Kusaal: “Xamar”
  • Latin: “Mogadiscium”
  • Latvian: “Hamara”
  • Latvian: “Mogadīšo”
  • Latvian: “Xamar”
  • Ligurian: “Mogadiscio”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Mogadishu”
  • Literary Chinese: “木骨都束”
  • Lithuanian: “Mogadišas”
  • Livvi: “Mogadišo”
  • Lombard: “Mugadiss”
  • Low German: “Mogadischu”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mogadischu”
  • Macedonian: “Могадишу”
  • Malagasy: “Mogadiscio”
  • Malagasy: “Mogadishu”
  • Malay: “Mogadishu”
  • Malayalam: “മൊഗാദിഷു”
  • Maltese: “Mogadishu”
  • Marathi: “मोगादिशू”
  • Mazanderani: “موگادیشو”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Mogadishu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mogadishu”
  • Minangkabau: “Mogadishu”
  • Mingrelian: “მოგადიშო”
  • Moksha: “Могадишу”
  • Mongolian: “Могадишу”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “موڭاديشو”
  • Mossi: “Hamar”
  • Mossi: “Maqadīshū”
  • Mossi: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Mossi: “Mogadishu”
  • Mossi: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Mossi: “Xamar”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Hamar”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Maqadīshū”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Mogadishu”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Xamar”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mogadischu”
  • Northern Sami: “Mogadishu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mogadishu”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mogadishu”
  • Norwegian: “Mogadishu”
  • Novial: “Mogadishu”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mogadisho”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Mogadiscū”
  • Oriya: “ମୋଗାଡ଼ିସୁ”
  • Ossetian: “Могадишо”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਕਦੀਸ਼ੂ”
  • Papiamento: “Mogadishu”
  • Persian: “موگادیشو”
  • Piemontese: “Mogadiss”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Mogadisho”
  • Polish: “Mogadiszu”
  • Portuguese: “Mogadíscio”
  • Portuguese: “Mogadixo”
  • Pushto: “مکاديشو”
  • Pushto: “مګ ديشو”
  • Pushto: “مګاديشو”
  • Pushto: “موګادیشو”
  • Quechua: “Mugadishu”
  • Romanian: “Mogadishu”
  • Russian: “Могадишо”
  • Sardinian: “Mogadìsciu”
  • Scots: “Mogadishu”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mogadishu”
  • Serbian: “Могадиш”
  • Serbian: “Могадишу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mogadishu”
  • Shona: “Mogadishu”
  • Silesian: “Mogadiszu”
  • Sindhi: “موغاديشو”
  • Sinhala: “මොගඩිෂු”
  • Sinhala: “මොගාඩිශු”
  • Skolt Sami: “Mogadishu”
  • Slovak: “Mogadišo”
  • Slovenian: “Mogadiš”
  • Somali: “Muqdisho”
  • South Azerbaijani: “موقادیشو”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Hamar”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Maqadīshū”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Mogadishu”
  • Southern Dagaare: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Xamar”
  • Spanish: “Mogadiscio”
  • Swahili: “Mogadishu”
  • Swedish: “Mogadishu”
  • Tagalog: “Mogadishu”
  • Tajik: “Могадишо”
  • Tamil: “முக்தீசூ”
  • Tamil: “மொகடிசு”
  • Tamil: “மொகாடிஷு”
  • Telugu: “మోగాదీశూ”
  • Thai: “โมกาดิชู”
  • Tibetan: “མོ་ག་དི་ཤུ།”
  • Tumbuka: “Mogadishu”
  • Turkish: “Mogadişu”
  • Turkmen: “Mogadişu”
  • Twi: “Hamar”
  • Twi: “Maqadīshū”
  • Twi: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Twi: “Mogadishu”
  • Twi: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Twi: “Xamar”
  • Udmurt: “Могадишо”
  • Ukrainian: “Могадішо”
  • Ukrainian: “Моґадішо”
  • Urdu: “مقديشو”
  • Urdu: “موغادیشو”
  • Uzbek: “Mogadisho”
  • Venetian: “Mogadiscio”
  • Veps: “Mogadišo”
  • Vietnamese: “Mogadishu”
  • Wali (Ghana): “Hamar”
  • Wali (Ghana): “Maqadīshū”
  • Wali (Ghana): “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Wali (Ghana): “Mogadishu”
  • Wali (Ghana): “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Wali (Ghana): “Xamar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mogadishu”
  • Welsh: “Mogadishu”
  • Western Frisian: “Mogadisjû”
  • Western Panjabi: “موگادیشو”
  • Wolof: “Mogadisu”
  • Wu Chinese: “摩加迪沙”
  • Yiddish: “מאגאדישו”
  • Yoruba: “Hamar”
  • Yoruba: “Maqadīshū”
  • Yoruba: “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • Yoruba: “Mogadishu”
  • Yoruba: “The Seat of the Shah”
  • Yoruba: “Xamar”
  • Yue Chinese: “摩加迪殊”
  • Zulu: “i-Mogadishu”
  • Zulu: “Mogadishu”
  • “Hamar”
  • “Maqadīshū”
  • “Mogadishu”
  • “Mogadishu, Somalia”
  • “Mogadixu”
  • “The Seat of the Shah”
  • “Xamar”

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