Moheli

Mohéli, also known as Mwali, is an autonomously-governed island that forms part of the . It is the smallest of the three major islands in the country.
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is a beautiful and friendly village in Moheli.

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Moheli

  • Type: autonomous island of the Comoros with 38,000 residents
  • Description: autonomous island that forms part of the Union of the Comoros
  • Also known as: “Ile Autonome de Moheli”, “Ile Autonome de Mohéli”, “KM-M”, “Mevali”, “Mohéli”, “Mŭali”, “Mūhaylī”, “Mūwaylī”, “Mwali”, “Mwali ou Moheli”, “음왈리 섬”, “ムワリ・スルターン国”, “モエリ島”, “モヘリ”, and “墨赫利”
  • Category: volcanic island
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
-12.3427° or 12° 20′ 34″ south
Longitude of center
43.7362° or 43° 44′ 10″ east
Population
38,000
Elevation
169 metres (554 feet)
Geo­Names ID
921780
Wiki­data ID
Q271797
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Moheli” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሞሄሊ”
  • Arabic: “موالي”
  • Arabic: “موحيلي”
  • Arabic: “موهيلي”
  • Arabic: “مويلي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Moheli”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mvali”
  • Basque: “Moheli”
  • Basque: “Mohéli”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Мвалі”
  • Belarusian: “Махелі”
  • Belarusian: “Мвалі”
  • Bengali: “মুহেলি”
  • Bengali: “মোহেলি”
  • Breton: “Mohéli”
  • Catalan: “Mohéli”
  • Cebuano: “Mwali (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Mwali”
  • Chinese: “莫埃利岛”
  • Chinese: “莫埃利島”
  • Chinese: “莫愛利島”
  • Croatian: “Mohéli”
  • Czech: “Mwali”
  • Danish: “Mohéli”
  • Dutch: “Mohéli”
  • Esperanto: “Mohéli”
  • Finnish: “Mohéli”
  • French: “Île Autonome de Mohéli”
  • French: “Mohéli”
  • Galician: “Mohéli”
  • Georgian: “მვალი”
  • German: “Mohéli”
  • Greek: “Μοελί”
  • Gujarati: “મોહેલી”
  • Hausa: “Moheli”
  • Hausa: “Mohéli”
  • Hebrew: “מוהלי”
  • Hindi: “मोहली”
  • Hungarian: “Mohéli”
  • Indonesian: “Mohéli”
  • Italian: “Mohéli”
  • Japanese: “モヘリ島”
  • Javanese: “Moheli”
  • Kannada: “ಮೊಹೆಲಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Мохели”
  • Kirghiz: “Мохели”
  • Korean: “모엘리섬”
  • Latvian: “Mvali”
  • Lithuanian: “Mohelis”
  • Malagasy: “Moaly”
  • Malagasy: “Mwali”
  • Malay: “Mohéli”
  • Maore Comorian: “Mwali”
  • Marathi: “मोहीलि”
  • Mazanderani: “موهیلی”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mohéli”
  • Norwegian: “Mohéli”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Moali”
  • Oromo: “Moheli”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੋਹੇਲੀ”
  • Persian: “موهلی”
  • Polish: “Mohéli”
  • Portuguese: “Moéli”
  • Portuguese: “Mohéli”
  • Pushto: “موهیلي”
  • Romanian: “Mohéli”
  • Russian: “Мвали”
  • Serbian: “Мохели”
  • Sinhala: “මොහේලි”
  • Slovenian: “Mohéli”
  • Somali: “Moheli”
  • Somali: “Mohéli”
  • Spanish: “Mohéli”
  • Swahili: “Moheli”
  • Swahili: “Mwali”
  • Swedish: “Mohéli”
  • Tajik: “Мохели”
  • Tamil: “மொஹெலி”
  • Tatar: “Мохели”
  • Telugu: “మోహేలీ”
  • Thai: “มอเอลี”
  • Turkish: “Moheli”
  • Turkish: “Mohéli”
  • Ukrainian: “Мохелі”
  • Urdu: “موہیلی”
  • Uzbek: “Moheli”
  • Vietnamese: “Mohéli”
  • Wu Chinese: “莫埃利岛”

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